Re: [PATCH v10 1/1] virtio_console: Add support for multiple ports for generic guest and host communication

2009-11-05 Thread Christian Borntraeger
Am Dienstag 03 November 2009 17:38:39 schrieb Amit Shah: > drivers/char/Kconfig |6 + > drivers/char/virtio_console.c | 1412 > include/linux/virtio_console.h | 50 ++- > 3 files changed, 1332 insertions(+), 136 deletions(-) I have not looked

Re: [PATCH v10 1/1] virtio_console: Add support for multiple ports for generic guest and host communication

2009-11-05 Thread Rusty Russell
On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 03:08:39 am Amit Shah wrote: > Expose multiple char devices ("ports") for simple communication > between the host userspace and guest. OK, I've taken the chance to audit this patch. I started adding patches until I got overwhelmed. It's a complete mess and needs a total rewri

Re: [PATCHv7 3/3] vhost_net: a kernel-level virtio server

2009-11-05 Thread Rusty Russell
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 03:55:42 am Paul E. McKenney wrote: > On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 01:57:29PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > Can you ack this usage please? > > I thought I had done so in my paragraph above, but if you would like > something a bit more formal... That's great guys. And yes,

Re: [PATCHv8 3/3] vhost_net: a kernel-level virtio server

2009-11-05 Thread Rusty Russell
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 02:27:24 am Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > What it is: vhost net is a character device that can be used to reduce > the number of system calls involved in virtio networking. Hi Michael, Now everyone else has finally kicked all the tires and it seems to pass, I've done a fairly

Re: virtio: Add memory statistics reporting to the balloon driver

2009-11-05 Thread Anthony Liguori
a...@linux.vnet.ibm.com wrote: > Here are the corresponding changes to the Linux virtio driver... > > virtio: Add memory statistics reporting to the balloon driver > > When using ballooning to manage overcommitted memory on a host, a system > for > guests to communicate their memo