@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ set (ZAC) specifications.
1010* libzbc* implementation is compliant with the latest drafts of the ZBC and ZAC
1111standards defined by INCITS technical committee T10 and T13 (respectively).
1212
13- In addition to supporting ZBC and ZAC disks, * libzbc* also implements an
14- emulation mode allowing to imitate the behavior of a host managed zoned disk
15- using a regular file or a standard block device as backing store.
16-
1713Several example applications using * libzbc* are available under the tools
1814directory.
1915
@@ -27,16 +23,24 @@ Detailed information on the execution of device compliance tests can be found
2723
2824## Library version
2925
30- * libzbc* current major version is 5. Due to interface changes, this version is
31- not compatible with previous * libzbc* versions (version 4.x). Overall, the
32- library operation does not change, but applications written for previous
33- * libzbc* versions must be updated to use the new API.
26+ * libzbc* current major version is 6. Due to interface changes, this version is
27+ not compatible with previous * libzbc* versions (version 5.x). Applications
28+ written for previous * libzbc* versions may require updating to use this new
29+ version.
30+
31+ In version 6, * libzbc* emulation mode allowing to imitate the behavior of a host
32+ managed zoned disk has been removed. Users of that feature are encouraged to
33+ migrate to a more advanced zone device emulation provided by QEMU.
34+
35+ In * libzbc* 6.x, the block zone backend driver has been removed. The
36+ functionality provided by this backend is now available by means of a different
37+ library, [ libzbd] ( https://github.com/westerndigitalcorporation/libzbd ) .
3438
3539## ZBC and ZAC Standards Versions Supported
3640
37- * libzbc* latest version is implements ZBC and ZAC standards revision 05. Support
38- for the older draft standards are available with [ previous releases and
39- pre-releases] ( https://github.com/hgst/libzbc/releases ) .
41+ * libzbc* latest version implements INCITS 550 ZBC-2 and ZAC-2 rev. 15
42+ standards. Support for the older draft standards are available with
43+ [ previous releases and pre-releases] ( https://github.com/hgst/libzbc/releases ) .
4044
4145## License
4246
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