Re: [virtio] [OASIS Issue Tracker] (VIRTIO-156) add VIRTIO_SCSI_F_FC_HOST feature

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 02:08:19PM +0100, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:01:03 +0000
> Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 01:52:59PM +0100, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> > > On Sun, 22 Jan 2017 07:32:08 +0000 (UTC)
> > > OASIS Issues Tracker  <workgroup_mailer@lists.oasis-open.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > >     [ https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/VIRTIO-156?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=65000#comment-65000 ] 
> > > > 
> > > > Michael S. Tsirkin commented on VIRTIO-156:
> > > > -------------------------------------------
> > > > 
> > > > BALLOT CREATED AT URL: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/virtio/ballot.php?id=3033
> > > > 
> > > > > add VIRTIO_SCSI_F_FC_HOST feature
> > > > > ---------------------------------
> > > > >
> > > > >                 Key: VIRTIO-156
> > > > >                 URL: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/VIRTIO-156
> > > > >             Project: OASIS Virtual I/O Device (VIRTIO) TC
> > > > >          Issue Type: New Feature
> > > > >    Affects Versions: virtio 1.0 cs04
> > > > >         Environment: Reported-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> > > > >            Reporter: Paolo Bonzini
> > > > >            Assignee: Paolo Bonzini
> > > > >              Labels: Extension, request_tc_discussion
> > > > >             Fix For: virtio 1.1 cs01
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > The new feature bit, and related configuration fields, allow showing a virtio-scsi device as a Fibre Channel host, including support for live migration.
> > > > > The feature is modeled on Hyper-V's SCSI device Fibre Channel host support and should be similarly easy to implement in Linux.
> > > 
> > > I'm a bit surprised that this is up for vote, since there seemed to be
> > > a bit of discussion on the virtualization list about this approach, and
> > > it did not yet seem everybody liked this (although discussion seems to
> > > have wound down).
> > > 
> > > I'm not familiar with this topic, and don't oppose this change, but
> > > should we wait until all of the involved devs are happy with the general
> > > design? Or is the current state good enough?
> > 
> > Agreed.  I voted "no" for the time being and would like to see the
> > upstream driver discussion finish first.
> 
> Yes, I saw your vote and did the same.
> 
> Should the ballot be withdrawn? It's not that we know that the change
> is bad, but just that more discussion is needed...
> 

I think it's only appropriate to withdraw a ballot if
person proposing the measure wants to withdraw it.
So I prefer not to withdraw it, people can vote No or Abstain,
and we'll redo a ballot later.

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