Re: lspci says: "SCSI storage controller: Qumranet, Inc. Virtio block device". Is it really?

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On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> lspci implies that the virtio block device is a "SCSI storage controller",
> i.e.:
>
> 00:05.0 SCSI storage controller: Qumranet, Inc. Virtio block device
>
>
> However, virtio block devide does not have much to do with SCSI (in sense:
> sdparm does not think it is a SCSI device; virtio_blk does not depend on any
> SCSI moduled like sd_mod).
>
> Is "SCSI storage controller" a proper description for this device?

It does not talk SCSI protocol if that's what you're asking. The
description you see comes from the PCI class (storage controller) and
subclass (SCSI controller); the meaning of the class/subclass is fixed
by the PCI standard.

Luca
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