linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] vbus: add a "vbus-proxy" bus model for vbus

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Message-ID: <20090818085409.GB13878@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:54:09 +0300
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	Anthony Liguori <anthony@...emonkey.ws>
Cc:	Gregory Haskins <gregory.haskins@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	alacrityvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] vbus: add a "vbus-proxy" bus model for
	vbus_driver objects

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 08:08:24PM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> In particular, I think it would be a big win to avoid knowledge of slots in  
> the kernel by doing ring translation in userspace.

vhost supports this BTW: just don't call the memory table ioctl.
In-kernel translation is simple, as well, though.

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MST
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