Re: [PATCH 07/16] SUPPORT.md: Add virtual devices common to ARM and x86

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@suse.com>]

>>> On 21.11.17 at 18:20, <george.dunlap@citrix.com> wrote:
> On 11/21/2017 11:41 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>>> On 21.11.17 at 11:56, <george.dunlap@citrix.com> wrote:
>>> On 11/21/2017 08:29 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>>>>> On 13.11.17 at 16:41, <george.dunlap@citrix.com> wrote:
>>>>> +### PV USB support for xl
>>>>> +
>>>>> +    Status: Supported
>>>>> +
>>>>> +### PV 9pfs support for xl
>>>>> +
>>>>> +    Status: Tech Preview
>>>>
>>>> Why are these two being called out, but xl support for other device
>>>> types isn't?
>>>
>>> Do you see how big this document is? :-)  If you think something else
>>> needs to be covered, don't ask why I didn't mention it, just say what
>>> you think I missed.
>> 
>> Well, (not very) implicitly here: The same for all other PV protocols.
> 
> Oh, I see -- you didn't read my comment below the `---` pointing this
> out.  :-)

Oops, sorry.

> Yes, I wasn't quite sure what to do here.  We already list all the PV
> protocols in at least 2 places (frontend and backend support); it seemed
> a bit redundant to list them all again in xl and/or libxl support.
> 
> Except, of course, that there are a number of protocols *not* plumbed
> through the toolstack yet -- PVSCSI being one example.
> 
> Any suggestions would be welcome.

How about putting that as a note to the respective frontend /
backend entries? And then, wouldn't lack of xl support anyway
mean "experimental" at best?

Jan


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