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> From: Stefan Hajnoczi <[email protected]>
> Sent: 26 April 2021 16:48
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v8] introduce vfio-user protocol specification
>
> 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.
> >
> > It has been earlier discussed as an RFC in:
> > "RFC: use VFIO over a UNIX domain socket to implement device offloading"
> >
> > Signed-off-by: John G Johnson <[email protected]>
> > Signed-off-by: Thanos Makatos <[email protected]>
> > Signed-off-by: John Levon <[email protected]>
>
> 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?
Yes, of course.
>
> Stefan
