On Sat, Oct 29, 2022 at 7:05 AM Markus Armbruster <[email protected]> wrote: > Alberto Faria <[email protected]> writes: > > > The nvme-io_uring driver expects a character special file such as > > /dev/ng0n1. Follow the convention of having a "filename" option when a > > regular file is expected, and a "path" option otherwise. > > I suspect this is by accident, not by design. Is it desirable?
I'm not sure. Naturally I'd be happier if either "filename" or "path" was used everywhere. Maybe we should settle on a single one for all the libblkio drivers? Or maybe we should just leave things as is? > > This makes io_uring the only libblkio-based driver with a "filename" > > option, as it accepts a regular file (even though it can also take a > > block special file). > > > > Signed-off-by: Alberto Faria <[email protected]> > > Patch does not apply to master (344744e148e). What's your base? I forgot to mention this is based on Stefan's block tree: https://gitlab.com/stefanha/qemu/-/commits/block
