Re: [PATCH V8 1/3] libxl: Add support for generic virtio device

[Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>]

On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 03:35:53PM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> This patch adds basic support for configuring and assisting generic
> Virtio backends, which could run in any domain.
> 
> An example of domain configuration for mmio based Virtio I2C device is:
> virtio = ["type=virtio,device22,transport=mmio"]
> 
> To make this work on Arm, allocate Virtio MMIO params (IRQ and memory
> region) and pass them to the backend and update guest device-tree to
> create a DT node for the Virtio devices.
> 
> Add special support for I2C and GPIO devices, which require the
> "compatible" DT property to be set, among other device specific
> properties. Support for generic virtio devices is also added, which just
> need a MMIO node but not any special DT properties, for such devices the
> user needs to pass "virtio,device" in the "type" string.
> 
> The parsing of generic virtio device configurations will be done in a
> separate commit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>

Reviewed-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>

Thanks,

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Anthony PERARD