[PATCH] NEWS: Mention switch to virtio-scsi on ARM

From: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com> --- NEWS.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index d8bd2559f4..59494cb380 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ v11.6.0 (unreleased) * **Improvements** + * qemu: Change default SCSI controller model to ``virtio-scsi`` for ARM + + The previous default of ``lsilogic`` is unsupported by modern operating + systems. ``virtio-scsi`` is a more suitable default for ARM ``virt`` + machine types. + * **Bug fixes** -- 2.43.0

On Mon, Jul 07, 2025 at 05:05:05PM -0600, Jim Fehlig via Devel wrote:
* **Improvements**
+ * qemu: Change default SCSI controller model to ``virtio-scsi`` for ARM + + The previous default of ``lsilogic`` is unsupported by modern operating + systems. ``virtio-scsi`` is a more suitable default for ARM ``virt`` + machine types.
s/ARM/ARM and RISC-V/g ;) Reviewed-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com> -- Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization

On 7/10/25 03:20, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
On Mon, Jul 07, 2025 at 05:05:05PM -0600, Jim Fehlig via Devel wrote:
* **Improvements**
+ * qemu: Change default SCSI controller model to ``virtio-scsi`` for ARM + + The previous default of ``lsilogic`` is unsupported by modern operating + systems. ``virtio-scsi`` is a more suitable default for ARM ``virt`` + machine types.
s/ARM/ARM and RISC-V/g ;)
I'm a bit behind on libvirt mail, so I was a bit confused by this suggestion, since I didn't recall the code explicitly handling RISC-V. It became clear after updating my local repo and checking my libvirt mail folder :-).
Reviewed-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
Thanks! BTW, I also updated the subject of this patch before pushing it. Regards, Jim
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