Enable virtfs in Natty ??

[Tim Gardner]

On 12/07/2010 10:13 AM, Venkateswararao Jujjuri (JV) wrote:
> On 12/6/2010 10:20 AM, Tim Gardner wrote:
>> On 12/06/2010 11:04 AM, Venkateswararao Jujjuri (JV) wrote:
>>> On 12/6/2010 8:43 AM, Tim Gardner wrote:
>>>> Looks to me like the only config options that aren't already enabled in Natty
>>>> are CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE and CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL. Do they need to be enabled?
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot for looking into our request.
>>>
>>> The CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL is needed for our newly added
>>> ACL support, and FSCACHE can be delayed as it is optional to enable caching
>>> for now.
>>> Once we add mmap support then we need that config option also for the mmap
>>> functionality.
>>> For now no need to enable CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE by default.
>>>
>>>    CONFIG_NET_9P=y
>>>    CONFIG_NET_9P_VIRTIO=m
>>>    CONFIG_NET_9P_DEBUG=y
>>>    CONFIG_9P_FS=y
>>>    CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
>>>
>>
>> Will you have mmap support for 2.6.38? If so, we might as well turn on
>> CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE now so it doesn't get forgotten.
>
> What is your release/code cut off dates. For now I think it is safe not to
> enable this option.
> users can enable it if they want to use this feature.

Kernel freeze is before Natty Beta, which is March 24.

I've enabled CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL=y and CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE=y for now. 
Lets see if it causes any problems.

>>
>>> Also this functionality is linked to taking latest QEMU from mainline. What are
>>> the plans for
>>> QEMU? Depending on QEMU version config options we need enable may change too.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> JV
>>>
>>
>> This is what rmadison shows for natty:
>>
>> qemu | 0.13.0+noroms-0ubuntu9
>
> QEMU 0.13 has lot of our stuff but not entirely.  But QEMU 0.14 will have lot
> more support.
> Again, what is your schedule and any plans of including QEMU 0.14 level code?
>

Dunno about qemu. I suspect if you bugged someone on the foundations or 
server team you might get a better answer. Try Chuck Short 
chuck.short at canonical.com or Dustin Kirkland kirkland at canonical.com.

rtg
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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com