netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/1] VM Sockets for Linux upstreaming

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Message-Id: <20130210.201035.2234938856222663233.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:10:35 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	acking@...are.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, pv-drivers@...are.com,
	kraxel@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] VM Sockets for Linux upstreaming

From: Andy King <acking@...are.com>
Date: Wed,  6 Feb 2013 16:23:55 -0800

> In an effort to improve the out-of-the-box experience with Linux kernels for
> VMware users, VMware is working on readying the VM Sockets (VSOCK, formerly
> VMCI Sockets) (vsock) kernel module for inclusion in the Linux kernel. The
> purpose of this post is to acquire feedback on the vsock kernel module.
> 
> Unlike previous submissions, where the new socket family was entirely reliant
> on VMware's VMCI PCI device (and thus VMware's hypervisor), VM Sockets is now
> completely[1] separated out into two parts, each in its own module:
> 
> o Core socket code, which is transport-neutral and invokes transport
>   callbacks to communicate with the hypervisor.  This is vsock.ko.
> o A VMCI transport, which communicates over VMCI with the VMware hypervisor.
>   This is vmw_vsock_vmci_transport.ko, and it registers with the core module
>   as a transport.
> 
> This should provide a path to introducing additional transports, for example
> virtio, with the ultimate goal being to make this new socket family
> hypervisor-neutral.

Applied, thanks.
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