linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/1] virtio: write back features before verify

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Message-ID: <87pmsl2rzd.fsf@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 04 Oct 2021 09:01:42 +0200
From:   Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:     Halil Pasic <pasic@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        Xie Yongji <xieyongji@...edance.com>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, markver@...ibm.com,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/1] virtio: write back features before verify

On Sat, Oct 02 2021, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 01, 2021 at 05:18:46PM +0200, Cornelia Huck wrote:
>> I'd say we need a hack here so that we assume little-endian config space
>> if VERSION_1 has been offered; if your patch here works, I assume QEMU
>> does what we expect (assmuming little-endian as well.) I'm mostly
>> wondering what happens if you use a different VMM; can we expect it to
>> work similar to QEMU?
>
> Hard to say of course ... hopefully other VMMs are actually
> implementing the spec. E.g. IIUC rust vmm is modern only.

Yes, I kind of hope they are simply doing LE config space accesses.

Are there any other VMMs that are actually supported on s390x (or other
BE architectures)?