On Mon, Feb 09, 2015 at 05:15:26PM +0100, Andreas Maier wrote: > > Hello, > I would like to ask for the following feature freeze exceptions in Nova. > > The patch sets below are all part of this blueprint: > https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:open+project:openstack/nova > +branch:master+topic:bp/libvirt-kvm-systemz,n,z > and affect only the kvm/libvirt driver of Nova. > > The decision for merging these patch sets by exception can be made one by > one; they are independent of each other. > > 1. https://review.openstack.org/149242 - FCP support > > Title: libvirt: Adjust Nova to support FCP on System z systems > > What it does: This patch set enables FCP support for KVM on System z. > > Impact if we don't get this: FCP attached storage does not work for KVM > on System z. > > Why we need it: We really depend on this particular patch set, because > FCP is our most important storage attachment. > > Additional notes: The code in the libvirt driver that is updated by this > patch set is consistent with corresponding code in the Cinder driver, > and it has seen review by the Cinder team. > > 2. https://review.openstack.org/150505 - Console support > > Title: libvirt: Enable serial_console feature for system z > > What it does: This patch set enables the backing support in Nova for the > interactive console in Horizon. > > Impact if we don't get this: Console in Horizon does not work. The > mitigation for a user would be to use the Log in Horizon (i.e. with > serial_console disabled), or the "virsh console" command in an ssh > session to the host Linux. > > Why we need it: We'd like to have console support. Also, because the > Nova support for the Log in Horizon has been merged in an earlier patch > set as part of this blueprint, this remaining patch set makes the > console/log support consistent for KVM on System z Linux. > > 3. https://review.openstack.org/150497 - ISO/CDROM support > > Title: libvirt: Set SCSI as the default cdrom bus on System z > > What it does: This patch set enables that cdrom drives can be attached > to an instance on KVM on System z. This is needed for example for > cloud-init config files, but also for simply attaching ISO images to > instances. The technical reason for this change is that the "IDE" > attachment is not available on System z, and we need "SCSI" (just like > Power Linux). > > Impact if we don't get this: > - Cloud-init config files cannot be on a cdrom drive. A mitigation > for a user would be to have such config files on a cloud-init > server. > - ISO images cannot be attached to instances. There is no mitigation. > > Why we need it: We would like to avoid having to restrict cloud-init > configuration to just using cloud-init servers. We would like to be able > to support ISO images. > > Additional notes: This patch is a one line change (it simply extends > what is already done in a platform specific case for the Power platform, > to be also used for System z).
I will happily sponsor exception on patches 2 & 3, since they are pretty trivial & easily understood. I will tenatively sponsor patch 1, if other reviewers feel able to do a strong review of the SCSI stuff, since this is SCSI host setup is not something I'm particularly familiar with. Regards, Daniel -- |: http://berrange.com -o- http://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange/ :| |: http://libvirt.org -o- http://virt-manager.org :| |: http://autobuild.org -o- http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ :| |: http://entangle-photo.org -o- http://live.gnome.org/gtk-vnc :| __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: [email protected]?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
