From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wei Wang Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11] net/vhostpci: A new vhostpci PMD supporting VM2VM scenario Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2017 11:00:21 +0800 Message-ID: <5A275D45.8050505@intel.com> References: <20171130094657.11470-1-zhiyong.yang@intel.com> <20171205140838.GE9111@yliu-dev> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" , "maxime.coquelin@redhat.com" , "Tan, Jianfeng" To: Yuanhan Liu , "Yang, Zhiyong" Return-path: Received: from mga06.intel.com (mga06.intel.com [134.134.136.31]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BA6F7D05 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2017 03:58:22 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <20171205140838.GE9111@yliu-dev> List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On 12/05/2017 10:08 PM, Yuanhan Liu wrote: > On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 06:59:26AM +0000, Yang, Zhiyong wrote: >> Hi all, >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Zhiyong Yang >>> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017 5:47 PM >>> To: dev@dpdk.org; yliu@fridaylinux.org; maxime.coquelin@redhat.com >>> Cc: Wang, Wei W ; Tan, Jianfeng >>> >>> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/11] net/vhostpci: A new vhostpci PMD >>> supporting VM2VM scenario >>> >>> Vhostpci PMD is a new type driver working in guest OS which has ability to drive >>> the vhostpci modern pci device, which is a new virtio device. >>> >>> The following linking is about vhostpci design: >>> >>> An initial device design is presented at KVM Forum'16: >>> http://www.linux-kvm.org/images/5/55/02x07A-Wei_Wang-Design_of-Vhost- >>> pci.pdf >>> The latest device design and implementation will be posted to the QEMU >>> community soon. >>> >> The latest version vhostpci device code has been posted to QEMU community. >> [PATCH v3 0/7] Vhost-pci for inter-VM communication >> http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-12/msg00494.html > I didn't follow on the qemu ML. Do you know when it's likely it will > get accepted? > > --yliu Hi Yuanhan, There appear to be more people interested in this solution. My expectation is to get the fundamental part of device finalized in 3 months. For the pmd patches, I think it would be great if people can start the review from the non-device related part (e.g. the data transmission logic). Best, Wei