On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 04:55:39PM +0800, Jike Song wrote: > Hi all, > > In order to have a clear understanding about the VFIO mdev upstreaming > status, I'd like to summarize it. Please share your opinions on this, > and correct my misunderstandings. > > The whole vfio mdev series can be logically divided into several parts, > they work together to provide the mdev support. > > > > PART 1: mdev core driver > > [task] > - the mdev bus/device support > - the utilities of mdev lifecycle management > - the physical device register/unregister interfaces > > [status] > - basically agreed by community > > > PART 2: vfio bus driver for mdev > > [task] > - interfaces with vendor drivers > - the vfio bus implementation > > [status] > > - basically agreed by community > > > PART 3: iommu support for mdev > > [task] > - iommu support for mdev > > [status] > - Kirti's v7 implementation, not yet fully reviewed > > > PART 4: sysfs interfaces for mdev > > [task] > - define the hierarchy of minimal sysfs directories/files > - check the validity from vendor drivers, init/de-init them > [status] > - interfaces are in discussion > > > PART 6: Documentation > > [task] > - clearly document the architecture and interfaces > - coding example for vendor drivers > > [status] > - N/A > IMHO documentation should really be near the front as that's spelling out the design. The implementation patches are then reviewed in reference to the design documentation. Regards, Daniel -- |: http://berrange.com -o- http://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange/ :| |: http://libvirt.org -o- http://virt-manager.org :| |: http://entangle-photo.org -o- http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ :| -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
