Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] docs: driver-api: virtio: virtio on Linux

[Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Aug 09 2022, Ricardo Cañuelo <ricardo.canuelo@collabora.com> wrote:

> How about this as an introduction?
>
>     Virtio is an open standard that defines a protocol to communicate
>     drivers and devices of different types, see Chapter 5 ("Device

"...that defines a protocol for communication between drivers and
devices of different device types, see..."

>     Types") of the virtio spec `[1]`_. Originally developed as a
>     standard for paravirtualized devices implemented by a hypervisor, it
>     can be used to interface any compliant device (real or emulated)
>     with a driver.
>
>     For illustrative purposes, this document will focus on the common
>     case of a Linux kernel running in a virtual machine and using
>     paravirtualized devices provided by the hypervisor, which exposes
>     them as virtio devices via standard mechanisms such as PCI.

Sounds good to me.

(...)

> Ok, I'll simplify the intro to this:
>
>     This document serves as a basic guideline for driver programmers
>     that need to hack a new virtio driver or understand the essentials
>     of the existing ones. See :ref:`Virtio on Linux <virtio>` for a
>     general overview of virtio.

Ok.