On Wed, 7 Dec 2022 at 17:02, Gerd Hoffmann <kra...@redhat.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 07, 2022 at 09:14:39AM -0500, James Bottomley wrote: > > On Wed, 2022-12-07 at 15:09 +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > So at some point, these drivers will be removed rather than kept > > > alive by the core team unless someone steps up. > > > > How important is keeping them alive? > > Most common use case is probably bootimg images created on other > hypervisors on qemu. Otherwise there is little reason to use > something which is not virtio-scsi. > > > I can volunteer to "maintain" > > them which I anticipate won't be much effort (plus I'm used to looking > > after obsolete SCSI equipment). The hardware is obsolete, so the > > mechanics of their emulation isn't going to change, the only potential > > risk is changes in the guest to host transmission layer that breaks > > something. >
Thanks James, that would be very helpful. > Yes, I don't expect it being much effort, but knowing oldish scsi stuff > certainly helps understanding the driver code if needed. If you want > step up sent a patch updating Maintainers.txt accordingly. > Having the informed opinion of a domain expert should allow us to diagnose issued related to these drivers with more confidence, and also give us insight in how obsolete those drivers actually are. I can send the patch if you prefer. > > On the other hand, I've got to say I use virtio-scsi in all > > my VM testing environments, > > Same here ;) > > take care, > Gerd >
