From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753448Ab1CPPk5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:40:57 -0400 Received: from ovro.ovro.caltech.edu ([192.100.16.2]:33382 "EHLO ovro.ovro.caltech.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752446Ab1CPPkv (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:40:51 -0400 Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:40:47 -0700 From: "Ira W. Snyder" To: Magnus Damm Cc: Rusty Russell , linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, mst@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/02] virtio: Virtio platform driver Message-ID: <20110316154047.GB21758@ovro.caltech.edu> References: <20110310070541.27327.52089.sendpatchset@t400s> <87d3lriv7e.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (ovro.ovro.caltech.edu); Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:40:51 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 02:17:15PM +0900, Magnus Damm wrote: > Hi Rusty, > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Rusty Russell wrote: > > On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:05:41 +0900, Magnus Damm wrote: > >> virtio: Virtio platform driver > >> > >> [PATCH 01/02] virtio: Break out lguest virtio code to virtio_lguest.c > >> [PATCH 02/02] virtio: Add virtio platform driver > > > > I have no problem with these patches, but it's just churn until we see > > your actual drivers. > > Well, actually this platform driver is used together with already > existing drivers, so there are no new virtio drivers to wait for. > > The drivers that have been tested are so far: > > CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET=y > > At this point there are four different pieces of code working together > > 1) Virtio platform driver patches (for guest) > 2) SH4AL-DSP guest kernel patch > 3) ARM UIO driver patches (for host) > 4) User space backing code for ARM based on lguest.c > > These patches in this mail thread are 1), and I decided to brush up > that portion and submit upstream because it's the part that is easiest > to break out. I intend to post the rest bit by bit over time, but if > someone is interested then I can post everything at once too. > I'm very interested in the full series of patches. I want to do something similar to talk between two Linux kernels (x86 and PowerPC) connected by a PCI bus. Thanks, Ira > > The S/390 devs might be interested, as their bus is very similar too... > > The lguest device code is very similar as well, perhaps it's worth > refactoring that a bit to build on top of the platform driver. Not > sure if you see that as a move in the right direction though. > > Thanks for your feedback! > > / magnus > _______________________________________________ > Virtualization mailing list > Virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org > https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization