From 36d83272d5e45dff13e988ee0a59f11c58b442ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Klaus Jensen Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:33:33 +0200 Subject: hw/nvme: do not auto-generate eui64 We cannot provide auto-generated unique or persistent namespace identifiers (EUI64, NGUID, UUID) easily. Since 6.1, namespaces have been assigned a generated EUI64 of the form "52:54:00:". This is will be unique within a QEMU instance, but not globally. Revert that this is assigned automatically and immediately deprecate the compatibility parameter. Users can opt-in to this with the `eui64-default=on` device parameter or set it explicitly with `eui64=UINT64`. Cc: libvir-list@redhat.com Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Klaus Jensen --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index e19bcba242..47a8628b56 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -296,6 +296,13 @@ contains native support for this feature and thus use of the option ROM approach is obsolete. The native SeaBIOS support can be activated by using ``-machine graphics=off``. +``-device nvme-ns,eui64-default=on|off`` (since 7.1) +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +In QEMU versions 6.1, 6.2 and 7.0, the ``nvme-ns`` generates an EUI-64 +identifer that is not globally unique. If an EUI-64 identifer is required, the +user must set it explicitly using the ``nvme-ns`` device parameter ``eui64``. + Block device options '''''''''''''''''''' -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522