Re: A set of "standard" virtual devices?

[Roland Dreier <rdreier@cisco.com>]

 > I would therefore like to propose that the Linux Foundation register a
 > PCI ID for use by LANANA ($3000/year), and we set up a LANANA registry
 > for these device IDs, together with a description of the device
 > interface each of them expect.  Similarly, a Subsystem ID registry can
 > be used (for virtualization vendors which don't have their own VID
 > already) to distinguish different implementations.

Sounds like a very good idea.

 > Obviously, anyone who adheres to the published interface can use one
 > of these VID:DIDs -- as far as I'm concerned, even hardware vendors;
 > we'll use the SID to distinguish between implementations.

I think for this to work, some attempt at a conformance testing
program is required...

 - R.