Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/3] hw: Deprecate unwanted use -drive if=scsi

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 15/02/2017 14:10, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> On 15/02/2017 13:18, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>>> Drives defined with if=scsi get connected to buses created with
>>> -device, unlike other interface types.  Deprecate this usage.
>>>
>>> There is no good default SCSI HBA for PC machines.  Deprecate if=scsi
>>> there entirely.
>>>
>>> Before this series, frontends for -drive if=scsi get created by SCSI
>>> HBAs.  Frontends for other interface types get created by machine
>>> initialization.
>>>
>>> After this series, they get created by machine initialization, except
>>> for deprecated cases, which get created by new function
>>> scsi_legacy_handle_cmdline().
>>>
>>> Based on "[PATCH v3 0/8] More sensible default for -drive interface
>>> type".
>>>
>>> v2:
>>> * Trivially rebased
>>> * PATCH 2: Suppress warning for default drives
>>> * PATCH 3: Update user manual and qemu-iotests/051.pc.out
>>>
>>> Markus Armbruster (3):
>>>   hw/scsi: Concentrate -drive if=scsi auto-create in one place
>>>   hw: Deprecate -drive if=scsi with non-onboard HBAs
>>>   hw/i386: Deprecate -drive if=scsi with PC machine types
>>>
>>>  hw/arm/realview.c             |  2 +-
>>>  hw/arm/versatilepb.c          |  2 +-
>>>  hw/i386/pc.c                  |  6 +++++
>>>  hw/scsi/esp-pci.c             |  3 ---
>>>  hw/scsi/esp.c                 |  6 -----
>>>  hw/scsi/lsi53c895a.c          | 10 +++++---
>>>  hw/scsi/megasas.c             |  4 ----
>>>  hw/scsi/mptsas.c              |  4 ----
>>>  hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c            | 56 
>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>>>  hw/scsi/spapr_vscsi.c         |  5 ++--
>>>  hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c         |  8 -------
>>>  include/hw/pci/pci.h          |  2 ++
>>>  include/hw/scsi/scsi.h        |  3 ++-
>>>  qemu-options.hx               |  5 ----
>>>  tests/qemu-iotests/051.pc.out | 12 ++++++----
>>>  vl.c                          | 10 ++++++++
>>>  16 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)
>>>
>>
>> Because of the ESC characters in 051.pc.out, please send the pull
>> request for this yourself.
> 
> Is that an Acked-by?

Not a sufficient one because the patch touches files outside my area of
maintenance, but for hw/scsi you can treat it as one.

Paolo