From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MElTO-0005Ur-CM for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:41:46 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MElTI-0005SI-Fi for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:41:44 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51438 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MElTI-0005SE-7G for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:41:40 -0400 Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:46812) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MElTH-0008Sq-KC for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:41:39 -0400 Message-ID: <4A311726.10003@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:39:34 +0200 From: Gerd Hoffmann MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qdev: very first cut of scsi bus support. References: <1244642378-22660-1-git-send-email-kraxel@redhat.com> <200906111308.59756.paul@codesourcery.com> In-Reply-To: <200906111308.59756.paul@codesourcery.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Paul Brook Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On 06/11/09 14:08, Paul Brook wrote: >> Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann > > I think you need to figure out how this interacts with scsi devices that are > not attached to a parallel scsi interface (e.g. usb mass storage). Yes, noticed that too. Didn't investigate yet due to usb knowing nothing about qdev yet. > The current qemu scsi api exposes individual devices. The actual bus emulation > is contained within the host adapter. My guess is that you may need an > additional layer to separate the parallel scsi bus from actual scsi devices. And the guest <-> host (block) device linking needs a solution too. cheers, Gerd