[Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 0/7] vhost: cross-endian support (vhost-net only)

[Greg Kurz <gkurz@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

Hi,

This series allows QEMU to use vhost with legacy virtio devices when
host and target don't have the same endianness. Only network devices
are covered for the moment.

I had already posted a series some monthes ago but it never got reviewed.
Moreover, the underlying kernel support was entirely re-written and is still
waiting to be applied by Michael. I hence post as RFC.

The corresponding kernel patches are available here:

http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/virtualization/2015-April/029885.html

Please comment.

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Cédric Le Goater (1):
      vhost_net: re-enable when cross endian

Greg Kurz (6):
      virtio: relax feature check
      linux-headers: sync vhost.h
      virtio: introduce virtio_legacy_is_cross_endian()
      vhost: set vring endianness for legacy virtio
      tap: add VNET_LE/VNET_BE operations
      vhost-net: tell tap backend about the vnet endianness


 hw/net/vhost_net.c                |   50 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 hw/virtio/vhost.c                 |   50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 include/hw/virtio/virtio-access.h |   13 ++++++++++
 include/hw/virtio/virtio.h        |    1 -
 include/net/net.h                 |    6 ++++
 linux-headers/linux/vhost.h       |   14 ++++++++++
 net/net.c                         |   18 +++++++++++++
 net/tap-linux.c                   |   34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 net/tap-linux.h                   |    2 +
 net/tap.c                         |   16 ++++++++++++
 net/tap_int.h                     |    2 +
 11 files changed, 185 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

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Greg