On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 12:02:44PM +0000, Thanos Makatos wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@redhat.com> > > Sent: 26 April 2021 16:48 > > To: Thanos Makatos <thanos.maka...@nutanix.com>; Peter Maydell > > <peter.mayd...@linaro.org>; Michael S. Tsirkin <m...@redhat.com> > > Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org; John Levon <le...@movementarian.org>; > > John G Johnson <john.g.john...@oracle.com>; > > benjamin.wal...@intel.com; Elena Ufimtseva > > <elena.ufimts...@oracle.com>; jag.ra...@oracle.com; > > james.r.har...@intel.com; Swapnil Ingle <swapnil.in...@nutanix.com>; > > konrad.w...@oracle.com; alex.william...@redhat.com; > > yuvalkash...@gmail.com; tina.zh...@intel.com; > > marcandre.lur...@redhat.com; ism...@linux.com; > > kanth.ghatr...@oracle.com; Felipe Franciosi <fel...@nutanix.com>; > > xiuchun...@intel.com; tomassetti.and...@gmail.com; Raphael Norwitz > > <raphael.norw...@nutanix.com>; changpeng....@intel.com; > > dgilb...@redhat.com; Yan Zhao <yan.y.z...@intel.com>; Michael S . Tsirkin > > <m...@redhat.com>; Gerd Hoffmann <kra...@redhat.com>; Christophe de > > Dinechin <cdupo...@redhat.com>; Jason Wang <jasow...@redhat.com>; > > Cornelia Huck <coh...@redhat.com>; Kirti Wankhede > > <kwankh...@nvidia.com>; Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com>; > > mpiszc...@ddn.com; John Levon <john.le...@nutanix.com> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v8] introduce vfio-user protocol specification > > > > On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 04:41:22AM -0700, Thanos Makatos wrote: > > > This patch introduces the vfio-user protocol specification (formerly > > > known as VFIO-over-socket), which is designed to allow devices to be > > > emulated outside QEMU, in a separate process. vfio-user reuses the > > > existing VFIO defines, structs and concepts. > > > > > > It has been earlier discussed as an RFC in: > > > "RFC: use VFIO over a UNIX domain socket to implement device offloading" > > > > > > Signed-off-by: John G Johnson <john.g.john...@oracle.com> > > > Signed-off-by: Thanos Makatos <thanos.maka...@nutanix.com> > > > Signed-off-by: John Levon <john.le...@nutanix.com> > > > > No review yet but I wanted to agree on the next steps once the spec has > > been reviewed. > > > > One or more of you would be added to ./MAINTAINERS and handle future > > patch review and pull requests for the spec. > > > > The spec will be unstable/experimental at least until QEMU vfio-user > > implementation has landed. Otherwise it's hard to know whether the > > protocol really works. > > > > Does this sound good? > > Yes, of course.
Great, hope to hear from Michael and Peter too. I will review the spec on Monday. Stefan
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