linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v2] arm: Add platform bus driver for virtio device

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Message-ID: <1315904322.3297.11.camel@hornet.cambridge.arm.com>
Date:	Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:58:42 +0100
From:	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>
To:	Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...ibm.com>
Cc:	"Michael S.Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [RFC v2] arm: Add platform bus driver for virtio device

On Mon, 2011-09-12 at 12:27 -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> > This patch, based on virtio PCI driver, adds support for memory
> > mapped (platform) virtio  device. This should allow environments
> > like qemu to use virtio-based block&  network devices.
>
> Are you planning on sending patches to QEMU for this?  I think it makes 
> sense to start in QEMU with this effort and make a proper spec from 
> which you can write the driver against.

Even better :-) Peter Maydell (Linaro QEMU magician) agreed to do this
himself, once we reach some agreement regarding the interface.

Cheers!

Paweł

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