On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 12:02:44PM +0000, Thanos Makatos wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stefan Hajnoczi <[email protected]> > > Sent: 26 April 2021 16:48 > > To: Thanos Makatos <[email protected]>; Peter Maydell > > <[email protected]>; Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected]; John Levon <[email protected]>; > > John G Johnson <[email protected]>; > > [email protected]; Elena Ufimtseva > > <[email protected]>; [email protected]; > > [email protected]; Swapnil Ingle <[email protected]>; > > [email protected]; [email protected]; > > [email protected]; [email protected]; > > [email protected]; [email protected]; > > [email protected]; Felipe Franciosi <[email protected]>; > > [email protected]; [email protected]; Raphael Norwitz > > <[email protected]>; [email protected]; > > [email protected]; Yan Zhao <[email protected]>; Michael S . Tsirkin > > <[email protected]>; Gerd Hoffmann <[email protected]>; Christophe de > > Dinechin <[email protected]>; Jason Wang <[email protected]>; > > Cornelia Huck <[email protected]>; Kirti Wankhede > > <[email protected]>; Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]>; > > [email protected]; John Levon <[email protected]> > > 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.
Great, hope to hear from Michael and Peter too. I will review the spec on Monday. Stefan
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