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

On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:01:03 +0000 Stefan Hajnoczi <> 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  <> 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: > > >

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> BALLOT CREATED AT URL:  https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/virtio/ballot.php?id=3033  > > >  > > >
> add VIRTIO_SCSI_F_FC_HOST feature > > > >

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Key: VIRTIO-156 > > >
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URL:  https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/VIRTIO-156  > > >
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Project: OASIS Virtual I/O Device (VIRTIO)

TC > > >
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Issue Type: New Feature > > >
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Affects Versions: virtio 1.0 cs04 > > >
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Environment: Reported-by: Paolo Bonzini <> > > >
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Reporter: Paolo Bonzini > > >
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Assignee: Paolo Bonzini > > >
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Labels: Extension, request_tc_discussion > > >
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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...