From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy-TSDbQ3PG+2Y@public.gmane.org>
To: "Santos, Jose Renato G" <joserenato.santos-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org>
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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC 1/3] virtio infrastructure
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:19:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <466481ED.8050209@goop.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <08CA2245AFCF444DB3AC415E47CC40AFBD2FD4-VylnnfFjWmASZAcGdq5asR6epYMZPwEe5NbjCUgZEJk@public.gmane.org>
Santos, Jose Renato G wrote:
> It seems that we will still need specific devices drivers
> for each different virtualization flavor. For example,
> we will still need to have a specific Xen netfront
> device that talks to a backend device in dom0, using
> page grants, and other Xen specific mechanisms.
> It looks like will still need to maintain all the virtual device
> drivers and in addition we will now have to maintain
> another virtualization layer.
>
The hope is that the Xen-specific elements of the driver will be
restricted to Xen-specific things like grant tables, and the bulk of the
driver and its logic can be common. Whether that can be achieved and
still retain the full performance/features of the entirely Xen-specific
netfront driver remains to be seen. I haven't had a chance to look at
doing any Xen-virtio glue yet, so I'm not really sure how it will work out.
J
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2007-05-31 12:19 [PATCH RFC 1/3] virtio infrastructure Rusty Russell
[not found] ` <1180613947.11133.58.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-05-31 12:20 ` [PATCH RFC 2/3] virtio infrastructure: example net driver Rusty Russell
[not found] ` <1180614044.11133.61.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-05-31 12:21 ` [PATCH RFC 3/3] virtio infrastructure: example block driver Rusty Russell
[not found] ` <1180614091.11133.63.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-05-31 12:57 ` Carsten Otte
[not found] ` <465EC637.7020504-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2007-05-31 15:02 ` Troy Benjegerdes
[not found] ` <20070531150206.GB6474-na1kE3HDu0idQnJuSAr7PQ@public.gmane.org>
2007-05-31 17:01 ` Carsten Otte
[not found] ` <465EFF72.5070100-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2007-05-31 17:36 ` Avi Kivity
2007-05-31 23:39 ` Rusty Russell
[not found] ` <1180654765.10999.6.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-01 7:10 ` Carsten Otte
[not found] ` <465FC65C.6020905-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-01 13:13 ` Jens Axboe
[not found] ` <20070601131315.GW32105-tSWWG44O7X1aa/9Udqfwiw@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-04 13:40 ` Carsten Otte
[not found] ` <4664164A.40604-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-04 13:43 ` Jens Axboe
[not found] ` <20070604134322.GC32105-tSWWG44O7X1aa/9Udqfwiw@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-04 13:52 ` Rusty Russell
[not found] ` <1180965161.25878.47.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-04 13:54 ` Jens Axboe
[not found] ` <20070604135433.GG32105-tSWWG44O7X1aa/9Udqfwiw@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-04 14:12 ` Carsten Otte
[not found] ` <46641DC9.5050600-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-04 14:31 ` Jens Axboe
2007-06-02 9:28 ` Rusty Russell
[not found] ` <1180776482.9228.22.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-04 12:53 ` Carsten Otte
2007-05-31 12:53 ` [PATCH RFC 1/3] virtio infrastructure Carsten Otte
2007-05-31 13:01 ` Dor Laor
2007-06-02 6:30 ` Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <46610E8D.10706-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-02 9:50 ` Rusty Russell
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2007-06-03 5:28 ` Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <46625192.5020108-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-03 10:29 ` Rusty Russell
[not found] ` <1180866540.17442.74.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-03 11:39 ` [Xen-devel] " Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <4662A86A.7010706-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-03 23:53 ` Rusty Russell
[not found] ` <1180914836.17442.104.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-04 9:55 ` Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <4663E18D.4030007-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-04 10:32 ` Herbert Xu
2007-06-04 11:19 ` Rusty Russell
[not found] ` <1180955964.25878.27.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-04 11:25 ` Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <4663F6AC.7070100-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-04 11:40 ` Rusty Russell
2007-06-04 12:17 ` Herbert Xu
2007-06-01 23:35 ` Santos, Jose Renato G
2007-06-02 10:12 ` Rusty Russell
[not found] ` <1180779167.9228.66.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-04 21:14 ` [Xen-devel] " Santos, Jose Renato G
[not found] ` <08CA2245AFCF444DB3AC415E47CC40AFBD2FD4-VylnnfFjWmASZAcGdq5asR6epYMZPwEe5NbjCUgZEJk@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-04 21:19 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge [this message]
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2007-06-05 2:05 ` Santos, Jose Renato G
[not found] ` <08CA2245AFCF444DB3AC415E47CC40AFBD30B4-VylnnfFjWmASZAcGdq5asR6epYMZPwEe5NbjCUgZEJk@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-05 2:27 ` Rusty Russell
2007-06-05 2:49 ` Santos, Jose Renato G
2007-06-05 1:44 ` [Xen-devel] " Rusty Russell
[not found] ` <1181007892.25878.112.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-05 2:39 ` Santos, Jose Renato G
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