linux-kernel - Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] arm: change vendor ID for virtio-mmio

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Date:	Thu, 30 Jul 2015 10:37:23 +0100
From:	G Gregory <graeme.gregory@...aro.org>
To:	Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@...aro.org>
Cc:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
	Shannon Zhao <shannon.zhao@...aro.org>,
	QEMU Developers <qemu-devel@...gnu.org>,
	lkml - Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
	<virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Shannon Zhao <zhaoshenglong@...wei.com>,
	Igor Mammedov <imammedo@...hat.com>,
	Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] arm: change vendor ID for virtio-mmio

On 30 July 2015 at 10:24, Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@...aro.org> wrote:
> On 30 July 2015 at 09:04, Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 09:23:20AM +0800, Shannon Zhao wrote:
>>>
>>> Why do we drop the previous way using "QEMUXXXX"? Something I missed?
>>
>> So that guests that bind to this interface will work fine with non QEMU
>> implementations of virtio-mmio.
>
> I don't understand this sentence. If there are pre-existing
> non-QEMU virtio-mmio implementations, then they're using
> LNRO0005, and we should use it too.

The only one I have come across is the ARM FVP model, and it happens
that I chose the ID and maintain the tables for that so I can change
it.

Graeme
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