From patchwork Wed Feb 9 16:50:40 2022 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" X-Patchwork-Id: 1590530 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Authentication-Results: bilbo.ozlabs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=mimecast20190719 header.b=FO9Dt4ux; dkim-atps=neutral Authentication-Results: ozlabs.org; spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=nongnu.org (client-ip=209.51.188.17; helo=lists.gnu.org; envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org; receiver=) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by bilbo.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Jv5Yt5MKlz9sFk for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2022 03:53:53 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from localhost ([::1]:45172 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nHqE1-0007Kc-KF for incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org; Wed, 09 Feb 2022 11:53:49 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:33548) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nHqC7-0007Hj-6b for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 09 Feb 2022 11:51:51 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.133.124]:59210) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nHqBt-0002M4-K2 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 09 Feb 2022 11:51:48 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1644425488; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=KiB/5V8sZftOCvM7o2Ctf0lSLcJuB8si3tYtBY37PYs=; b=FO9Dt4uxobEjHM90EMnxCTfRpF80LZ5OmQlxQWFrr++eyx6IxdS5kDCeIj4d0urORQwr1D EllIkIgBXblCaxkxpNiHduKrHIQtYt+Xidc+EnNFxL7CkDYrrWWZkNXrzNv+OVuDDfaO3y mHaUPHBcE8vBF3i2E8R1h3jKMCrqZ7w= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-636-fcmPdp89OPKhmrASc-Te7g-1; Wed, 09 Feb 2022 11:51:24 -0500 X-MC-Unique: fcmPdp89OPKhmrASc-Te7g-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx07.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 95A3E425FC for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2022 16:51:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dgilbert-t580.localhost (unknown [10.39.195.124]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D15F810694E8; Wed, 9 Feb 2022 16:50:46 +0000 (UTC) From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)" To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, virtio-fs@redhat.com Subject: [PATCH] Deprecate C virtiofsd Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2022 16:50:40 +0000 Message-Id: <20220209165040.56062-1-dgilbert@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.22 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=dgilbert@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=dgilbert@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: stefanha@redhat.com, slp@redhat.com, vgoyal@redhat.com Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" There's a nice new Rust implementation out there; recommend people do new work on that. Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert Acked-by: Vivek Goyal --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 47a594a3b6..3a0e15f8f5 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -454,3 +454,17 @@ nanoMIPS ISA The ``nanoMIPS`` ISA has never been upstreamed to any compiler toolchain. As it is hard to generate binaries for it, declare it deprecated. + +Tools +----- + +virtiofsd +''''''''' + +There is a new Rust implementation of ``virtiofs`` at +``https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd``; +since this is now marked stable, new development should be done on that +rather than the existing C version in the QEMU tree. +The C version will still accept fixes and patches that +are already in development for the moment. +