From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: virtio-comment-return-694-cohuck=redhat.com@lists.oasis-open.org Sender: List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Received: from lists.oasis-open.org (oasis.ws5.connectedcommunity.org [10.110.1.242]) by lists.oasis-open.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B5D6985E94 for ; Wed, 6 Mar 2019 17:28:40 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 12:28:30 -0500 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Message-ID: <20190306122634-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <20190306163616.GA29057@stefanha-x1.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190306163616.GA29057@stefanha-x1.localdomain> Subject: Re: [virtio-comment] RFC: virtio-hostmem (+ Continuation of discussion from [virtio-dev] Memory sharing device) To: Stefan Hajnoczi Cc: Frank Yang , virtio-comment@lists.oasis-open.org, Cornelia Huck , Gerd Hoffmann , "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" , Roman Kiryanov List-ID: On Wed, Mar 06, 2019 at 04:36:16PM +0000, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > > \section{Host Memory Device}\label{sec:Device Types / Host Memory Device} > > The Host Memory Device defines an entirely new device model that bypasses > VIRTIO. Why make this a VIRTIO device if the VIRTIO device model is not a good > fit for what you're trying to achieve? This device seems out of scope to me. It's different from virtio pci. But this looks a bit like a special transport to me. I'll look at it more next week sometime. -- MST This publicly archived list offers a means to provide input to the OASIS Virtual I/O Device (VIRTIO) TC. In order to verify user consent to the Feedback License terms and to minimize spam in the list archive, subscription is required before posting. Subscribe: virtio-comment-subscribe@lists.oasis-open.org Unsubscribe: virtio-comment-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org List help: virtio-comment-help@lists.oasis-open.org List archive: https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-comment/ Feedback License: https://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/feedback_license.pdf List Guidelines: https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/mailing-lists Committee: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/virtio/ Join OASIS: https://www.oasis-open.org/join/