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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Why I advise against using ivshmem
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Il 17/06/2014 11:03, David Marchand ha scritto:
>> Unless someone steps up and maintains ivshmem, I think it should be
>> deprecated and dropped from QEMU.
>
> Then I can maintain ivshmem for QEMU.
> If this is ok, I will send a patch for MAINTAINERS file.

Typically, adding yourself to maintainers is done only after having 
proved your ability to be a maintainer. :)

So, let's stop talking and go back to code!  You can start doing what 
was suggested elsewhere in the thread: get the server and uio driver 
merged into the QEMU tree, document the protocol in 
docs/specs/ivshmem_device_spec.txt, and start fixing bugs such as the 
ones that Markus reported.

Since ivshmem is basically KVM-only (it has a soft dependency on 
ioeventfd), CC the patches to kvm@vger.kernel.org and I'll merge them 
via the KVM tree for now.  I'll (more than) gladly give maintainership 
away in due time.

Paolo