linux-kernel - Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] uio: new driver to support PCI MSI-X

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Date:	Fri, 16 Oct 2015 10:20:44 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@...nd.com>
Cc:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dev@...k.org,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...lladb.com>, hjk@...sjkoch.de,
	gregkh@...ux-foundation.org,
	Vlad Zolotarov <vladz@...udius-systems.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] uio: new driver to support PCI MSI-X

On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 19:11:35 +0200
Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@...nd.com> wrote:

> To sum it up,
> We want to remove the need of the out-of-tree module igb_uio.
> 3 possible implementations were discussed so far:
> - new UIO driver
> - extend uio_pci_generic
> - VFIO without IOMMU

There is recent progress on VFIO without IOMMU. This looks the most promising
long term solution.

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