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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] armv7 initial device passthrough support
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:58:02 +0200
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On 6/25/2013 12:27 AM, Stuart Yoder wrote:

>>
>> We should avoid creating an environment with important functionality
>> outside of the main tree, if at all possible.
> 
> Also, as we architect that generic infrastructure we need to keep in mind that
> there are important use cases for doing I/O in user space that are not
> KVM guests-- just normal applications that need direct device
> access.

Yes that's a good point especially data plane NE, also LTE has 
these use cases at the radio side.

> 
> Stuart
>