[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/2] fix virtio_blk serial pci config breakage

[john cooper]

Rusty Russell wrote:
> Calling the ATA IDENTIFY command a Linux ABI quirk is disingenuous.

I think ATA has earned that moniker all by itself.

> Not sure what the SCSI equiv is to get a serial number (VPD?) But if everyone
> is happy with 20 bytes, and John wants to do SN that way, I'll take the patch.

I've been swayed from one side to the other of
this argument.  Still I'd begrudgingly give my
vote to the ATA option only because it reuses an
existing wart vs. introducing a new one.

Updated qemu patch follows leveraging your virtqueue
REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL scaffolding.  At this point only
the issue of this guest visible interface should
remain.

-john


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