Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-3.2 01/11] vhost-user: define conventions for vhost-user backends

[Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>]

On 11/26/18 6:42 AM, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> As discussed during "[PATCH v4 00/29] vhost-user for input & GPU"
> review, let's define a common set of backend conventions to help with
> management layer implementation, and interoperability.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
> ---
>   MAINTAINERS                  |   1 +
>   docs/interop/vhost-user.json | 219 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   docs/interop/vhost-user.txt  | 101 +++++++++++++++-
>   3 files changed, 319 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 docs/interop/vhost-user.json

> +++ b/docs/interop/vhost-user.json

> +# @VHostUserBackendType:
> +#
> +# List the various vhost user backend types.
> +#
> +# @net: virtio net
> +# @block: virtio block
> +# @console: virtio console
> +# @rng: virtio rng
> +# @balloon: virtio balloon
> +# @rpmsg: virtio remote processor messaging
> +# @scsi: virtio scsi
> +# @9p: 9p virtio console
> +# @rproc-serial: virtio remoteproc serial link
> +# @caif: virtio caif
> +# @gpu: virtio gpu
> +# @input: virtio input
> +# @vsock: virtio vsock transport
> +# @crypto: virtio crypto
> +#
> +# Since: 3.2

The next release will be 4.0, not 3.2. (We'll probably have to do a 
global search-and-replace in January, as you're not the only one 
proposing a patch with this version number).

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