linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 1/3] virtio: add API to detect legacy devices

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Message-ID: <20141204185447.28e9146d.cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
Date:	Thu, 4 Dec 2014 18:54:47 +0100
From:	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	David Hildenbrand <dahi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 1/3] virtio: add API to detect legacy devices

On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 19:26:42 +0200
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> wrote:

> transports need to be able to detect legacy-only
> devices (ATM balloon only) to use legacy path
> to drive them.
> 
> Add a core API to do just that.
> The implementation just blacklists balloon:
> not too pretty, but let's not over-engineer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/virtio.h  | 2 ++
>  drivers/virtio/virtio.c | 6 ++++++
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

Acked-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>

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