@@ -3843,7 +3843,7 @@ F: docs/block-replication.txt
PVRDMA
M: Yuval Shaia <yuval.shaia.ml@gmail.com>
M: Marcel Apfelbaum <marcel.apfelbaum@gmail.com>
-S: Maintained
+S: Odd Fixes
F: hw/rdma/*
F: hw/rdma/vmw/*
F: docs/pvrdma.txt
@@ -327,6 +327,14 @@ QEMU's ``vhost`` feature, which would eliminate the high latency costs under
which the 9p ``proxy`` backend currently suffers. However as of to date nobody
has indicated plans for such kind of reimplementation unfortunately.
+``-device pvrdma`` and the rdma subsystem (since 8.2)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The pvrdma device and the whole rdma subsystem are in a bad shape and
+without active maintenance. The QEMU project intends to remove this
+device and subsystem from the code base in a future release without
+replacement unless somebody steps up and improves the situation.
+
Block device options
''''''''''''''''''''
@@ -615,6 +615,8 @@ static void pvrdma_realize(PCIDevice *pdev, Error **errp)
bool ram_shared = false;
PCIDevice *func0;
+ warn_report_once("pvrdma is deprecated and will be removed in a future release");
+
rdma_info_report("Initializing device %s %x.%x", pdev->name,
PCI_SLOT(pdev->devfn), PCI_FUNC(pdev->devfn));