Google Compute Engine VMs only support virtio-scsi disk devices

[ricarkol]

GCE has only one type of disk: virtio-scsi (from https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/tutorials/building-images#hardwaremanifest). We currently don't support this virtio device. This issue is tracking that effort.

[mato]

Marking this as "help wanted" in the sense that its up for grabs for someone that needs the functionality. Current goals are concentrated on targets other than virtio.

[mbacarella]

I've offered a $100 bounty for this. Perhaps others will join me: https://www.bountysource.com/issues/37097694-google-compute-engine-vms-only-support-virtio-scsi-disk-devices

It might be better to implement the virtio SCSI device in pure OCaml and introduce hooks into Solo5 to support it. But your call really.

[reynir]

The URL seems to have moved slightly: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images/building-custom-os