> -----Original Message----- > From: Paolo Bonzini [mailto:pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 7:02 PM > To: Wu, Feng; Alex Williamson > Cc: gleb@xxxxxxxxxx; dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; joro@xxxxxxxxxx; > tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; mingo@xxxxxxxxxx; hpa@xxxxxxxxx; x86@xxxxxxxxxx; > kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; iommu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/13] KVM: Update IRTE according to guest interrupt > configuration changes > > > > On 11/11/2014 10:20, Wu, Feng wrote: > > > Since legacy KVM device assignment is effectively deprecated, have you > > > considered how we might do this with VFIO? Thanks, > > > > I haven't thought about how to enable this in VFIO so far. I think I can continue > to > > implement that if needed after this patch set is finished. What do you think of > this? > > Hi Feng, > > we are not applying new features to legacy KVM device assignment, since > it is unsafe (it does not honor ACS). > > I and Alex can help you with designing a way to interface VFIO with KVM > posted interrupts. Give us a few days to study these patches more, or > feel free to request comments if you have ideas about it yourself. > > Paolo Okay, then I will put some efforts on getting familiar with VFIO mechanism. If You have any questions about these patches, we can discuss it together. Thanks, Feng ��.n��������+%������w��{.n�����o�^n�r������&��z�ޗ�zf���h���~����������_��+v���)ߣ�
