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Re: [PATCH v8] introduce vfio-user protocol specification
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Stefan Hajnoczi |
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Re: [PATCH v8] introduce vfio-user protocol specification |
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Mon, 26 Apr 2021 16:48:05 +0100 |
On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 04:41:22AM -0700, Thanos Makatos wrote:
> This patch introduces the vfio-user protocol specification (formerly
> known as VFIO-over-socket), which is designed to allow devices to be
> emulated outside QEMU, in a separate process. vfio-user reuses the
> existing VFIO defines, structs and concepts.
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> It has been earlier discussed as an RFC in:
> "RFC: use VFIO over a UNIX domain socket to implement device offloading"
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> Signed-off-by: John G Johnson <john.g.johnson@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thanos Makatos <thanos.makatos@nutanix.com>
> Signed-off-by: John Levon <john.levon@nutanix.com>
No review yet but I wanted to agree on the next steps once the spec has
been reviewed.
One or more of you would be added to ./MAINTAINERS and handle future
patch review and pull requests for the spec.
The spec will be unstable/experimental at least until QEMU vfio-user
implementation has landed. Otherwise it's hard to know whether the
protocol really works.
Does this sound good?
Stefan
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