Re: [edk2-devel] [Patch 1/2] OvmfPkg: Change default to disable MptScsi and PvScsi

["Gerd Hoffmann" <kraxel@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Dec 07, 2022 at 09:14:39AM -0500, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Wed, 2022-12-07 at 15:09 +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > So at some point, these drivers will be removed rather than kept
> > alive by the core team unless someone steps up.
> 
> How important is keeping them alive?

Most common use case is probably bootimg images created on other
hypervisors on qemu.  Otherwise there is little reason to use
something which is not virtio-scsi.

> I can volunteer to "maintain"
> them which I anticipate won't be much effort (plus I'm used to looking
> after obsolete SCSI equipment).  The hardware is obsolete, so the
> mechanics of their emulation isn't going to change, the only potential
> risk is changes in the guest to host transmission layer that breaks
> something.

Yes, I don't expect it being much effort, but knowing oldish scsi stuff
certainly helps understanding the driver code if needed.  If you want
step up sent a patch updating Maintainers.txt accordingly.

> On the other hand, I've got to say I use virtio-scsi in all
> my VM testing environments,

Same here ;)

take care,
  Gerd