From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Otte Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] virtio PCI device Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:12:59 +0100 Message-ID: <474BEDAB.3000305@de.ibm.com> References: <11944899922822-git-send-email-aliguori@us.ibm.com> <11944900141678-git-send-email-aliguori@us.ibm.com> <11944900152750-git-send-email-aliguori@us.ibm.com> <11944900163817-git-send-email-aliguori@us.ibm.com> <4742F6B7.20503@qumranet.com> <474300AD.4060509@us.ibm.com> <4743076F.8000105@qumranet.com> <47435CCB.1050506@us.ibm.com> <4743DAA4.70800@qumranet.com> <4747051C.3090903@us.ibm.com> <4747122F.1070905@qumranet.com> <474B1BF3.20901@us.ibm.com> <474BDD28.7050801@qumranet.com> <474BDEDE.6060603@de.ibm.com> <474BE319.502@qumranet.com> Reply-To: carsteno-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <474BE319.502-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@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 To: Avi Kivity Cc: Eric Van Hensbergen , lguest , carsteno-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, virtualization-qjLDD68F18O7TbgM5vRIOg@public.gmane.org, kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: virtualization@lists.linuxfoundation.org Avi Kivity wrote: > Unfortunately, we have to care for platform differences, subarch > differences (vmx/svm), hypervisor differences (with virtio), and guest > differences (Linux/Windows/pvLinux, 32/64). Much care is needed when > designing the ABI here. Yea, I agree. > [actually thinking a bit, this is specific to the virtio pci binding; > s390 will never see any of it] You remember that we've lost the big debate around virtio in Tucson? We intend to bind our virtio devices to PCI too, so that they look the same in Linux userland across architectures. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/