RE: [RFC v1] virtio: add virtio-over-PCI driver

2009-02-19 Thread Zang Roy-R61911
nel.org; linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org > Subject: Re: [RFC v1] virtio: add virtio-over-PCI driver > > > On Feb 19, 2009, at 12:13 AM, Zang Roy-R61911 wrote: > > > > > > >> -Original Message- > >> From: > >> linuxppc-dev-bounces+tie-fei.zang=freesc

RE: [RFC v1] virtio: add virtio-over-PCI driver

2009-02-19 Thread Zang Roy-R61911
rnd Themann > Subject: Re: [RFC v1] virtio: add virtio-over-PCI driver > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 02:10:08PM +0800, Zang Roy-R61911 wrote: > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: > > > linuxppc-dev-bounces+tie-fei.zang=freescale@

Re: [RFC v1] virtio: add virtio-over-PCI driver

2009-02-19 Thread Ira Snyder
to:linuxppc-dev-bounces+tie-fei.zang=freescale@ozlabs >>> .org] On Behalf Of Kumar Gala >>> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 0:47 AM >>> To: Ira Snyder >>> Cc: Arnd Bergmann; Jan-Bernd Themann; net...@vger.kernel.org; >>> Rusty Russell; linux-ker...

Re: [RFC v1] virtio: add virtio-over-PCI driver

2009-02-19 Thread Kumar Gala
Snyder Cc: Arnd Bergmann; Jan-Bernd Themann; net...@vger.kernel.org; Rusty Russell; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org; linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: [RFC v1] virtio: add virtio-over-PCI driver On Feb 17, 2009, at 4:24 PM, Ira Snyder wrote: Documentation/virtio-over-PCI.txt | 61 ++ arch

Re: [RFC v1] virtio: add virtio-over-PCI driver

2009-02-19 Thread Ira Snyder
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 09:48:04PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote: > On Thursday 19 February 2009 03:08:35 Ira Snyder wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 05:13:03PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote: > > > don't restrict yourself to 32 feature bits (only PCI does this, and > > > they're > > > going to have to

Re: [RFC v1] virtio: add virtio-over-PCI driver

2009-02-19 Thread Ira Snyder
lf Of Ira Snyder > > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 6:24 AM > > To: linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org > > Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org; net...@vger.kernel.org; Rusty > > Russell; Arnd Bergmann; Jan-Bernd Themann > > Subject: [RFC v1] virtio: add virtio-over-PCI driv

Re: [RFC v1] virtio: add virtio-over-PCI driver

2009-02-19 Thread Rusty Russell
On Thursday 19 February 2009 03:08:35 Ira Snyder wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 05:13:03PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote: > > don't restrict yourself to 32 feature bits (only PCI does this, and they're > > going to have to hack when we reach feature 32). > > There isn't any problem adding more feat

RE: [RFC v1] virtio: add virtio-over-PCI driver

2009-02-18 Thread Zang Roy-R61911
Arnd Bergmann; Jan-Bernd Themann; net...@vger.kernel.org; > Rusty Russell; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org; linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org > Subject: Re: [RFC v1] virtio: add virtio-over-PCI driver > > > On Feb 17, 2009, at 4:24 PM, Ira Snyder wrote: > > > > > Documentation/virti

RE: [RFC v1] virtio: add virtio-over-PCI driver

2009-02-18 Thread Zang Roy-R61911
rg > Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org; net...@vger.kernel.org; Rusty > Russell; Arnd Bergmann; Jan-Bernd Themann > Subject: [RFC v1] virtio: add virtio-over-PCI driver snip > diff --git a/drivers/virtio/Kconfig b/drivers/virtio/Kconfig > index 3dd6294..efcf56b 100644 > --- a/driver

Re: [RFC v1] virtio: add virtio-over-PCI driver

2009-02-18 Thread Kumar Gala
On Feb 17, 2009, at 4:24 PM, Ira Snyder wrote: Documentation/virtio-over-PCI.txt | 61 ++ arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc834x_mds.dts |7 + we'll have to review the .dts and expect a documentation update for the node. But that's pretty minor at this point. drivers/virtio/Kconfig

Re: [RFC v1] virtio: add virtio-over-PCI driver

2009-02-18 Thread Ira Snyder
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 05:13:03PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote: > On Wednesday 18 February 2009 08:54:25 Ira Snyder wrote: > > This adds support to Linux for using virtio between two computers linked by > > a PCI interface. This allows the use of virtio_net to create a familiar, > > fast interface f

Re: [RFC v1] virtio: add virtio-over-PCI driver

2009-02-17 Thread Rusty Russell
On Wednesday 18 February 2009 08:54:25 Ira Snyder wrote: > This adds support to Linux for using virtio between two computers linked by > a PCI interface. This allows the use of virtio_net to create a familiar, > fast interface for communication. It should be possible to use other virtio > devices i