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authorPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2020-10-16 17:39:01 +0100
committerPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2020-10-16 17:39:01 +0100
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parent6214addcc6b6bf6b444934833144bab10cbe6a1a (diff)
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/kevin/tags/for-upstream' into staging
Block layer patches: - qemu-storage-daemon: Remove QemuOpts from --object parser - monitor: Fix order in monitor_cleanup() - Deprecate the sheepdog block driver # gpg: Signature made Thu 15 Oct 2020 15:48:10 BST # gpg: using RSA key DC3DEB159A9AF95D3D7456FE7F09B272C88F2FD6 # gpg: issuer "kwolf@redhat.com" # gpg: Good signature from "Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>" [full] # Primary key fingerprint: DC3D EB15 9A9A F95D 3D74 56FE 7F09 B272 C88F 2FD6 * remotes/kevin/tags/for-upstream: block: deprecate the sheepdog block driver block: drop moderated sheepdog mailing list from MAINTAINERS file monitor: Fix order in monitor_cleanup() qemu-storage-daemon: Remove QemuOpts from --object parser qom: Add user_creatable_print_help_from_qdict() qom: Factor out helpers from user_creatable_print_help() keyval: Parse help options keyval: Fix parsing of ',' in value of implied key test-keyval: Demonstrate misparse of ',' with implied key keyval: Fix and clarify grammar Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
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@@ -390,6 +390,15 @@ The above, converted to the current supported format::
json:{"file.driver":"rbd", "file.pool":"rbd", "file.image":"name"}
+``sheepdog`` driver (since 5.2.0)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The ``sheepdog`` block device driver is deprecated. The corresponding upstream
+server project is no longer actively maintained. Users are recommended to switch
+to an alternative distributed block device driver such as RBD. The
+``qemu-img convert`` command can be used to liberate existing data by moving
+it out of sheepdog volumes into an alternative storage backend.
+
linux-user mode CPUs
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