From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gerd Hoffmann Subject: Re: virtio implementation? Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:57:38 +0200 Message-ID: <469DC7F2.8050909@redhat.com> References: <469C89BD0200005A00027AE1@mcclure.wal.novell.com> <64F9B87B6B770947A9F8391472E032160CC163F7@ehost011-8.exch011.intermedia.net> <1184715761.10380.37.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel To: Rusty Russell Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1184715761.10380.37.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Rusty Russell wrote: > You mean backend? For networking it makes a great deal of sense. For > block it makes far less sense (COW, weird formats, etc). For block you probably want both: userspace driver which can handle all sorts of funny image files, and a kernel driver doing a 1:1 mapping to a block device (lvm volume). cheers, Gerd ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/