Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Implement a virtio GPU transport

Rusty Russell
2010-10-29T11:18:11Z

On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:30:31 pm Ian Molton wrote:
> On 19/10/10 11:39, Avi Kivity wrote:
> > On 10/19/2010 12:31 PM, Ian Molton wrote:
>
> >>> 2. should start with a patch to the virtio-pci spec to document what
> >>> you're doing
> >>
> >> Where can I find that spec?
> >
> > http://ozlabs.org/~rusty/virtio-spec/
>
> Ok, but I'm not patching that until theres been some review.

Fair enough; it's a bit of a PITA to patch, so it makes sense to get the
details nailed down first.

> There are links to the associated qemu and guest OS changes in my
> original email.
>
> >> It doesnt, at present... It could be changed fairly easily ithout
> >> breaking anything if that happens though.
> >
> > The hypervisor and the guest can be changed independently. The driver
> > should be coded so that it doesn't depend on hypervisor implementation
> > details.
>
> Fixed - updated patch tested and attached.

OK. FWIW, I think this is an awesome idea. I understand others are skeptical,
but this seems simple and if it works and you're happy to maintain it I'm
happy to let you do it :)

Cheers,
Rusty.