Re: [Qemu-devel] the userspace process vapp mmap filed // [PULL 13/37] vhost-user: fix regions provied with VHOST_USER_SET_MEM_TABLE message

[Linhaifeng <haifeng.lin@huawei.com>]

> From: Michael S. Tsirkin [mailto:mst@redhat.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 4:41 AM
> To: Nikolay Nikolaev
> Cc: Linhaifeng; Daniel Raho; qemu-devel; Lilijun (Jerry); Paolo Bonzini; Damjan Marion; VirtualOpenSystems Technical Team
> Subject: Re: Re: the userspace process vapp mmap filed //[Qemu-devel] [PULL 13/37] vhost-user: fix regions provied with VHOST_USER_SET_MEM_TABLE message
> 
> On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 08:54:08PM +0300, Nikolay Nikolaev wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Vapp is a VOSYS application, currently not meant to be part of QEMU;
>> as such your proposed patch might not be meaningful if pushed towards
>> QEMU devel list.
>> As the current Vapp implementation is not updated
>> since last March, custom support and any related potential design need
>> for a software switch implementation can be discussed at a custom
>> commercial level.
>>
>> regards,
>> Nikolay Nikolaev
>> Virtual Open Systems
> 
> 
> I'm not familiar enough with the software itself to comment on the
> patch.
> But I don't think yours is a valid answer, and I was the one who asked
> that the question is sent to the list.
> I merged the vhost-user protocol so we can support multiple backends.
> Someone wants to work on another backend, more power to them,
> Way I read it the question is whether there's a bug in vhost in qemu,
> and how to use vhost-user, and this seems relevant on our list.
> 
> 
> 

I agree with you.
I want to ask how to use vhost-user and who will supply and maintence vhost-user.