Re: [PATCH] Remove VXHS block device

[Peter Maydell]

On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 at 19:49, Marc-André Lureau
<marcandre.lureau@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> The vxhs code doesn't compile since v2.12.0. There's no point in fixing
> and then adding CI for a config that our users have demonstrated that
> they do not use; better to just remove it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
> ---
>  configure                        |  39 --
>  qapi/block-core.json             |  22 +-
>  block/vxhs.c                     | 590 -------------------------------
>  block/Makefile.objs              |   2 -
>  block/trace-events               |  17 -
>  tests/qemu-iotests/017           |   1 -
>  tests/qemu-iotests/029           |   1 -
>  tests/qemu-iotests/073           |   1 -
>  tests/qemu-iotests/114           |   1 -
>  tests/qemu-iotests/130           |   1 -
>  tests/qemu-iotests/134           |   1 -
>  tests/qemu-iotests/156           |   1 -
>  tests/qemu-iotests/158           |   1 -
>  tests/qemu-iotests/282           |   1 -
>  tests/qemu-iotests/check         |  10 -
>  tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter |   1 -
>  tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc     |  33 --
>  17 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 721 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 block/vxhs.c

Could you add a subsection to the "Recently removed features"
section of docs/system/deprecated.rst noting the removal, please?

thanks
-- PMM