[kata-dev] Deprecation of PMEM and 9P

Dear Kata Containers Community, We plan to deprecate two QEMU features, starting with PMEM in 3.12 and 9P in 3.13. The next 3.12 release is scheduled for mid-December. Until then, please leave a comment on https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/pull/10492 if you need any of those two (PMEM or 9P) features. We're upgrading QEMU to 9.1.1 to enable iommufd support for VFIO devices, which is the new backend for VFIO. This will improve performance and security. In addition to iommufd, the new release will have many improvements and bug fixes. If you have any questions or concerns, please reply to this email or leave a comment on the PR above. Thanks, Zvonko