Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH] tools: remove blktap2 related code and documentation

2016-08-26 Thread Wei Liu
On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 11:50:56AM +0100, Wei Liu wrote: > Blktap2 is effectively dead code for a few years. > > Notable changes in this patch: > > 0. Unhook blktap2 from build system > 1. Now libxl no longer supports TAP ask backend, appropriate assertions >are added and some code paths now

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH] tools: remove blktap2 related code and documentation

2016-08-18 Thread George Dunlap
On 15/08/16 11:50, Wei Liu wrote: > Blktap2 is effectively dead code for a few years. > > Notable changes in this patch: > > 0. Unhook blktap2 from build system > 1. Now libxl no longer supports TAP ask backend, appropriate assertions >are added and some code paths now return ERROR_FAIL > 2.

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH] tools: remove blktap2 related code and documentation

2016-08-16 Thread Yang Hongyang
On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 6:50 PM, Wei Liu wrote: > Blktap2 is effectively dead code for a few years. > > Notable changes in this patch: > > 0. Unhook blktap2 from build system > 1. Now libxl no longer supports TAP ask backend, appropriate assertions > s/ask/disk/ are added and some code paths

[Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH] tools: remove blktap2 related code and documentation

2016-08-15 Thread Wei Liu
Blktap2 is effectively dead code for a few years. Notable changes in this patch: 0. Unhook blktap2 from build system 1. Now libxl no longer supports TAP ask backend, appropriate assertions are added and some code paths now return ERROR_FAIL 2. Tap is no longer a supported backend in doc 3. Rem