Messages in this thread | | | From | Rusty Russell <> | Subject | Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Implement a virtio GPU transport | Date | Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:48:00 +1030 |
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On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:30:31 pm Ian Molton wrote: > On 19/10/10 11:39, Avi Kivity wrote: > > On 10/19/2010 12:31 PM, Ian Molton wrote: > > >>> 2. should start with a patch to the virtio-pci spec to document what > >>> you're doing > >> > >> Where can I find that spec? > > > > http://ozlabs.org/~rusty/virtio-spec/ > > Ok, but I'm not patching that until theres been some review.
Fair enough; it's a bit of a PITA to patch, so it makes sense to get the details nailed down first.
> There are links to the associated qemu and guest OS changes in my > original email. > > >> It doesnt, at present... It could be changed fairly easily ithout > >> breaking anything if that happens though. > > > > The hypervisor and the guest can be changed independently. The driver > > should be coded so that it doesn't depend on hypervisor implementation > > details. > > Fixed - updated patch tested and attached.
OK. FWIW, I think this is an awesome idea. I understand others are skeptical, but this seems simple and if it works and you're happy to maintain it I'm happy to let you do it :)
Cheers, Rusty.
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