Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RESEND] tools/libxl: add support for emulated NVMe drives

[Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Jackson [mailto:ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 22 March 2017 14:17
> To: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] tools/libxl: add support for emulated NVMe
> drives
> 
> Paul Durrant writes ("[PATCH RESEND] tools/libxl: add support for emulated
> NVMe drives"):
> > NOTE: QEMU's emulation only supports a single NVMe namespace, so the
> >       vdev syntax does not include specification of a namespace.
> >       Also, current versions of SeaBIOS do not support booting from
> >       NVMe devices, so the vdev should only be used for secondary
> >       drives.
> 
> If and when qemu supports multiple namespaces, how will this be
> specified ?

I'd guess a vdev of the form nvmeXnY would follow convention.

  Paul

> 
> Ian.

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