Re: [PATCH] kvm tools: adds a PCI device that exports a host shared segment as a PCI BAR in the guest

[David Evensky <evensky@dancer.ca.sandia.gov>]

Sasha,
That is wonderful. It sounds like it should be OK, and will be happy
to test.

\dae

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 09:33:58AM +0300, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 08:08 -0700, David Evensky wrote:
> > Adding in the rest of what ivshmem does shouldn't affect our use, *I
> > think*.  I hadn't intended this to do everything that ivshmem does,
> > but I can see how that would be useful. It would be cool if it could
> > grow into that. 
> 
> David,
> 
> I've added most of ivshmem on top of your driver (still working on fully
> understanding the client-server protocol).
> 
> The changes that might affect your use have been simple:
>  * The shared memory BAR is now 2 instead of 0.
>  * Vendor and device IDs changed.
>  * The device now has MSI-X capability in the header and supporting code
> to run it.
> 
> If these points won't affect your use I think there shouldn't be any
> other issues.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Sasha.
> 
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