Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] block/vxhs: Add Veritas HyperScale VxHS block device support

[ashish mittal]

>> >> +##
>> >> +{ 'struct': 'BlockdevOptionsVxHS',
>> >> +  'data': { 'vdisk_id': 'str',
>> >> +            'server': 'InetSocketAddress' } }
>> >
>> > Is there any way to use a Unix socket, or is this server ONLY accessible
>> > over IPv4/IPv6?
>> >
>>
>> Right now we support IPv4 only.
>
> IMHO it should allow use of UNIX sockets, as its possible to have
> SSH setup a tunnel to a IP server, and expose the endpoint via a
> UNIX socket. So even if your reference server only supports IPv4,
> users can conceivably connect with any sockets protocol.
>

This is not a use-case that we have in mind right now, but a very fair
point! Kind of like accessing the audio/video streams remotely from my
Raspberry Pi over ssh. Is it OK if we target this in a future patch
after proper review/testing?

-Ashish