On Thu, 20 Oct 2016 19:02:42 +0200, Ughreja, Rakesh A wrote: > > >> > >> I am thinking to develop pv-audio-frontend (running on Dom1) and > >> pv-audio-backend (running on Dom0) drivers all at kernel level. > >> Backend driver owns the hardware. Frontend driver communicates with > >> backend driver using XENbus framework just like storage and network PV > >> drivers. > >> > >> Before I start, I wanted to check if there is any other > >> work that has been done which I can take as base ? > > > >I don't know of any other existing implementation for Xen. The > >question would be rather how you would implement the backend. > > > > My thinking is to have backend driver at kernel level. The backend > driver would receive requests from frontend driver. I agree that the > previous effort was to develop it in user space. > > >Is it about Intel hardware as Liam has been working on? Or is it > > Liam's work is different. > > >targeted as a generic Xen stuff like the patches you mentioned in the > >above? The patchset above was about the user-space backend, IIRC. > > > > I am trying to develop generic PV audio drivers for XEN. I see people > have developed PV Storage and Network drivers in XEN and they > are up-streamed. So I was thinking to do that for audio as well. > > Do you recall why the above patchset was not merged ? > any limitations or was it incomplete ? I don't remember it well. I guess I wasn't involved with that discussion since I was off when it was posted or so. Since then there was little attention gathered, unfortunately. Takashi _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
