On Thu, 12 May 2011 17:05:12 +0200 Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> wrote:
> Its value is unreliable: a block device used as floppy has type > "floppy" if created with if=floppy, but type "hd" if created with > if=none. > > That's because with if=none, the type is at best a declaration of > intent: the drive can be connected to any guest device. Its type is > really the guest device's business. Reporting it here is wrong. It reports how the guest is using the device, right? I'd say that's what users/clients are interested in knowing. Also, we can't just drop it from QMP. We should first note it's deprecated.
