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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/6] pvSCSI (SCSI pass through) driver

To: Jun Kamada <kama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/6] pvSCSI (SCSI pass through) driver
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:10:34 +0000
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On 31/10/07 08:37, "Jun Kamada" <kama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> All this, coupled with the fact that you can only export whole HBAs, which
>> doesn't seem likely to be a very popular usage scenario, makes me think this
>> driver should wait until after 3.2.0.
> 
> We consider that SCSI support on guest domain is mandatory for bussiness
> use. Using a NPIV technology on host domain, each guest domain can have
> own virtual HBA. We have already evaluated on our environment the
> conbination of NPIV and pvSCSI work well.
> On the other hand, we undestand the usefullness of LUN assignment to
> guest domain. We would like to develop it on next step in our current
> plan.

Okay, well re-spin the patches and I'll take another look.

 -- Keir



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