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Hi Stefan,

On Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 10:44:56AM +0000, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> virtio-fs is approaching a 1.0 release where it will be suitable for
> wider usage.  Sebastien has also gotten virtio-fs working with
> Firecracker so that both Kata VMMs can support it.
> 
> Is there interest in merging virtio-fs 1.0 Linux and QEMU into Kata's
> repositories?
There is a strong interest, yes.
I am wondering if we should enable virtio-fs first in NEMU (Which we
support with Kata) to allow for an easy preview of virtio-fs and then
switch to the latest QEMU once virtio-fs support lands upstream.


> This would allow Kata users to try out virtio-fs without waiting for all
> components to land upstream.
Indeed. And there is a real demand for that.

Cheers,
Samuel.