linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] virtio-pci: flexible configuration layout

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Message-ID: <20111103121139.GF18296@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 3 Nov 2011 14:11:40 +0200
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	lkml - Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@...abs.ru>,
	Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>,
	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
	Krishna Kumar <krkumar2@...ibm.com>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Wang Sheng-Hui <shhuiw@...il.com>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] virtio-pci: flexible configuration layout

On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 12:37:04PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 11/03/2011 01:31 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > Add a flexible mechanism to specify virtio configuration layout, using
> > pci vendor-specific capability.  A separate capability is used for each
> > of common, device specific and data-path accesses.
> >
> >
> 
> How about posting the spec change instead of patches?

We need both of course but I typically start with patches.
Easier to see whether it's even possible to implement the
spec without overhauling all of the code.

> -- 
> error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function
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