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 11:28:39 +0100 Message-ID: <474BF157.3080709@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> <474BEDAB.3000305@de.ibm.com> <474BEF28.9010005@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: <474BEF28.9010005-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 , carsteno-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org, kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, lguest , linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, virtualization-qjLDD68F18O7TbgM5vRIOg@public.gmane.org List-Id: virtualization@lists.linuxfoundation.org Avi Kivity wrote: >> We intend to bind our virtio devices to PCI too, so that they look the >> same in Linux userland across architectures. > > Ouch. That was my initial opinion too, but HPA has come up with a lean and clean PCI binding for lguest. I think we should seriously consider using that over the current qemu device emulation based thing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/