From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Sender: List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Received: from lists.oasis-open.org (oasis-open.org [10.110.1.242]) by lists.oasis-open.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79F70986651 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2023 11:23:03 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 06:22:56 -0500 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Message-ID: <20230118052859-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <961D315C9D3A523B+202301111121345064138@sudoinfotech.com> <20230117162114.GA24976@lst.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20230117162114.GA24976@lst.de> Subject: Re: [virtio-comment] About adding a new device type virtio-nvme Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi , =?utf-8?B?5L6v6Iux5LmQ?= , virtio-comment , Keith Busch , Kevin Wolf , Klaus Jensen , sgarzare List-ID: On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 05:21:14PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 11:01:37AM -0500, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > > Each virtio-blk device is a single block device. There is no > > standardized management protocol in virtio-blk for connecting to remote > > block devices. I'm aware of hardware virtio-blk devices that connect to > > remote storage. Configuration is performed through an out-of-band > > management interface. > > > > Maybe when you say virtio-blk doesn't support remote storage this is > > what you mean? > > That makes sense, but the same is true of non-fabrics nvme transports > like nvme-pci and a hypothetical nvme-virtio. I can hypothesise and come up more with theoretical use-cases but I feel the question remains what motivates this proposal initially. -- MST This publicly archived list offers a means to provide input to the OASIS Virtual I/O Device (VIRTIO) TC. In order to verify user consent to the Feedback License terms and to minimize spam in the list archive, subscription is required before posting. Subscribe: virtio-comment-subscribe@lists.oasis-open.org Unsubscribe: virtio-comment-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org List help: virtio-comment-help@lists.oasis-open.org List archive: https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-comment/ Feedback License: https://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/feedback_license.pdf List Guidelines: https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/mailing-lists Committee: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/virtio/ Join OASIS: https://www.oasis-open.org/join/