Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add iSCSI support for QEMU

[Kevin Wolf]

Am 10.09.2011 06:23, schrieb Ronnie Sahlberg:
> List,
> 
> Please find a patch that adds built-in iSCSI support to QEMU when built and 
> linked against the multiplatform iscsi initiator library at  
> git://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi.git
> 
> All previous comments and suggestions have been addressed in this patch.
> 
> I and others have done extensive testing and used this patch extensively over 
> the last ~6 months with great result.
> 
> 
> In some situations, using a built-in iscsi inititator has benefits against 
> mounting the LUNs on the host.
> 
> * Privacy: The iSCSI LUNs are private to the guest and are not visible either 
> to the host, nor to any processes running on the host.
> * Ease of managment : If you have very many guests and very many, thousands 
> of, iSCSI LUNs. It is inconvenient to have to expose all LUNs to the 
> underlying host.
> * No root requirement. Since the iSCSI LUNs are not mounted as devices on the 
> host, ordinary users can set up and use iSCSI resources without the need for 
> root privilege on the host to map the devices to local scsi devices.
> 
> 
> Please merge this patch to master or explain how I should change the patch so 
> that it becomes acceptable for inclusion into QEMU.

Orit, I think you could be interested in reviewing this patch?

Kevin