linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] virtio_mmio: expose header to userspace

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Message-ID: <20170113075822.GA31777@infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 12 Jan 2017 23:58:22 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio_mmio: expose header to userspace

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 11:37:22PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> It's handy for userspace emulators like QEMU.

But it's not actually a userspace API - it's an on the write protocol.

so: NAK.