From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 754EDC433EF for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2022 19:02:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:55302 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nIEi6-0008SD-6a for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Thu, 10 Feb 2022 14:02:30 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:35504) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nIDY0-00040m-Jh for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:48:00 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.129.124]:41473) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nIDXw-0001LX-I6 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:47:58 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1644515275; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=YQ0k6351Fgo3iYJWKidiXmle7ER4CRQl4f8m/g0dpZk=; b=GJ3L2u4KEkj90MwdgQLjR3aM7vwfKpwpQc5rTVo1oW2e/c/PwhnEcOr/v4jGGFZ/cFL2j+ llXvKXUxpRa7TNtgxjTwhEl8rJUR/DPNU0LvVxNeyoMTSF8qXT/aaOAEmEEK5ClQ8g6bQc O59oVhEiadBFrpf2mMjGu3It8fqxbXw= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-647-T9NB1kGBM5-kjYSOKyha1w-1; Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:47:54 -0500 X-MC-Unique: T9NB1kGBM5-kjYSOKyha1w-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2C92D1923E22 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2022 17:47:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dgilbert-t580.localhost (unknown [10.39.195.59]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14538167AC; Thu, 10 Feb 2022 17:47:19 +0000 (UTC) From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)" To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, virtio-fs@redhat.com Subject: [PATCH v2] Deprecate C virtiofsd Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 17:47:14 +0000 Message-Id: <20220210174714.19843-1-dgilbert@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.23 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=dgilbert@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=dgilbert@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: berrange@redhat.com, stefanha@redhat.com, slp@redhat.com, vgoyal@redhat.com Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" There's a nice new Rust implementation out there; recommend people do new work on that. Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 47a594a3b6..3c73d22729 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -454,3 +454,20 @@ nanoMIPS ISA The ``nanoMIPS`` ISA has never been upstreamed to any compiler toolchain. As it is hard to generate binaries for it, declare it deprecated. + +Tools +----- + +virtiofsd +''''''''' + +There is a new Rust implementation of ``virtiofsd`` at +``https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd``; +since this is now marked stable, new development should be done on that +rather than the existing C version in the QEMU tree. +The C version will still accept fixes and patches that +are already in development for the moment, but will eventually +be deleted from this tree. +New deployments should use the Rust version, and existing systems +should consider moving to it. The command line and feature set +is very close and moving should be simple. -- 2.34.1