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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 13:17:02 +0300 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> To: Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, alacrityvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] AlacrityVM guest drivers Reply-To: On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 11:19:56AM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 01:17:30PM -0400, Gregory Haskins wrote: > > (Applies to v2.6.31-rc5, proposed for linux-next after review is complete) > > These are guest drivers, right? Merging the guest first means relying on > kernel interface from an out of tree driver, which well might change > before it goes in. Would it make more sense to start merging with the > host side of the project? > > > This series implements the guest-side drivers for accelerated IO > > when running on top of the AlacrityVM hypervisor, the details of > > which you can find here: > > > > http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/AlacrityVM > > Since AlacrityVM is kvm based, Cc kvm@...r.kernel.org. > > > This series includes the basic plumbing, as well as the driver for > > accelerated 802.x (ethernet) networking. > > The graphs comparing virtio with vbus look interesting. > However, they do not compare apples to apples, do they? > These compare userspace virtio with kernel vbus, where for > apples to apples comparison one would need to compare > kernel virtio with kernel vbus. Right? Or userspace virtio with userspace vbus. > > Regards, > > -Greg > > > > --- > > > > Gregory Haskins (7): > > venet: add scatter-gather/GSO support > > net: Add vbus_enet driver > > ioq: add driver-side vbus helpers > > vbus-proxy: add a pci-to-vbus bridge > > vbus: add a "vbus-proxy" bus model for vbus_driver objects > > ioq: Add basic definitions for a shared-memory, lockless queue > > shm-signal: shared-memory signals > > > > > > arch/x86/Kconfig | 2 > > drivers/Makefile | 1 > > drivers/net/Kconfig | 14 + > > drivers/net/Makefile | 1 > > drivers/net/vbus-enet.c | 899 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > drivers/vbus/Kconfig | 24 + > > drivers/vbus/Makefile | 6 > > drivers/vbus/bus-proxy.c | 216 ++++++++++ > > drivers/vbus/pci-bridge.c | 824 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > include/linux/Kbuild | 4 > > include/linux/ioq.h | 415 ++++++++++++++++++++ > > include/linux/shm_signal.h | 189 +++++++++ > > include/linux/vbus_driver.h | 80 ++++ > > include/linux/vbus_pci.h | 127 ++++++ > > include/linux/venet.h | 84 ++++ > > lib/Kconfig | 21 + > > lib/Makefile | 2 > > lib/ioq.c | 294 ++++++++++++++ > > lib/shm_signal.c | 192 +++++++++ > > 19 files changed, 3395 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > create mode 100644 drivers/net/vbus-enet.c > > create mode 100644 drivers/vbus/Kconfig > > create mode 100644 drivers/vbus/Makefile > > create mode 100644 drivers/vbus/bus-proxy.c > > create mode 100644 drivers/vbus/pci-bridge.c > > create mode 100644 include/linux/ioq.h > > create mode 100644 include/linux/shm_signal.h > > create mode 100644 include/linux/vbus_driver.h > > create mode 100644 include/linux/vbus_pci.h > > create mode 100644 include/linux/venet.h > > create mode 100644 lib/ioq.c > > create mode 100644 lib/shm_signal.c > > > > -- > > Signature > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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