Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] virtio_user as an alternative exception path

2016-12-02 Thread Thomas Monjalon
2016-12-02 14:31, Jianfeng Tan: > In v16.07, we upstreamed a virtual device, virtio_user (with vhost-user > as the backend). The path to go with a vhost-kernel backend has been > dropped for bad performance comparing to vhost-user and code simplicity. > > But after a second thought, virtio_user +

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] virtio_user as an alternative exception path

2016-12-02 Thread Jianfeng Tan
In v16.07, we upstreamed a virtual device, virtio_user (with vhost-user as the backend). The path to go with a vhost-kernel backend has been dropped for bad performance comparing to vhost-user and code simplicity. But after a second thought, virtio_user + vhost-kernel is a good candidate as an ex