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Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20191017130204.16131-1-kwolf@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.13 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="EL90OduiHPV4twLUpSsB7wu7HF48Pg75E" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 207.211.31.120 X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: pkrempa@redhat.com, armbru@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --EL90OduiHPV4twLUpSsB7wu7HF48Pg75E Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="fCpNcIEG9g0NBrxj41NyP9wvmi4f6YkIm" --fCpNcIEG9g0NBrxj41NyP9wvmi4f6YkIm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 17.10.19 15:01, Kevin Wolf wrote: > This series adds a new tool 'qemu-storage-daemon', which can be used to > export and perform operations on block devices. Looks good to me. I remember a discussion at some KVM Forum a couple of years ago where someone (Berto?) was asking about adding QMP to qemu-nbd. I found it a pragmatic solution, but I remember that Markus was against it, based on the fact that we wanted qemu -M none. Well, but anyway. Just as I didn=E2=80=99t have anything against adding QM= P to qemu-nbd, I don=E2=80=99t have anything against adding a new application th= at kind of fulfills the same purpose. And I think introducing a new application instead of reusing qemu-nbd that focuses on all-around QAPI compatibility (which qemu-nbd decidedly does not have) makes sense. The only thing I don=E2=80=99t like is the name, but that=E2=80=99s what is for. :-) Max --fCpNcIEG9g0NBrxj41NyP9wvmi4f6YkIm-- --EL90OduiHPV4twLUpSsB7wu7HF48Pg75E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEkb62CjDbPohX0Rgp9AfbAGHVz0AFAl3C2poACgkQ9AfbAGHV z0AWbwgAv+13d5X3+zcl6ZUOclUUmakhcaakm8DfmEjDyqWi6onSCFsRP+L52kMJ /tfVMcwV1hk1ZqK1pY5CT2Tm8dQA53wYio0p37I3LE+aYdJlhY0gNUxu0UyJPnX4 cpBssTME1G27pBJ01hLigKE0h9I+iiKY6yNCe8+iCsN8azR6AgY5w1bDMt21rOLP cxTF+Q4eGc2lA2l2/ZJsBm1uQT/eG/9+dvPKRyzrXvZjYLn2qYx4fGry0pqTRRSH K3YD6JvMUekhlmkq3TfHIDZx96VUQPFtP2B22l23+MfkytFVL230+LUioD9HHAR/ 2EmiiQa7mc/wii9WgWaXFUATr2QcIg== =jD2O -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --EL90OduiHPV4twLUpSsB7wu7HF48Pg75E--