Re: [Xen-devel] missing unplug of SCSI devices in HVM guest

[Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olaf Hering [mailto:olaf@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 07 September 2016 11:49
> To: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>; George Dunlap
> <dunlapg@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] missing unplug of SCSI devices in HVM guest
> 
> Am 7. September 2016 12:38:09 MESZ, schrieb Paul Durrant
> <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> >I would have thought option #1 is the most logical and desirable in the
> >long run, but #2 could perhaps be used (by means of a configuration
> >option to qemu) in the meantime. In practice I doubt there is anything
> >out there that would use emulated SCSI as well as PV storage.
> 
> The qemu changes I sent earlier this month implement #2. And my testing
> shows there will be no loss.
> 

Ok. I guess #1 could be implemented later if it proves necessary in some 
circumstances.

  Paul

> Emulated SCSI has the benefit that loading kernel+initrd is faster.
> 

With seabios I'd certainly believe it. The IDE emulation is PIO only (unless 
you hack the config ... which I tend to do).

  Paul

> Olaf

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