On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:55:36 -0700 Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:52:27PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 09:09:43PM +0200, Hans J. Koch wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:29:34AM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin > > > wrote: > > > > This adds a generic uio driver that can bind to any PCI > > > > device. First user will be virtualization where a qemu > > > > userspace process needs to give guest OS access to the device. > > > > > > > > Interrupts are handled using the Interrupt Disable bit in the > > > > PCI command register and Interrupt Status bit in the PCI status > > > > register. All devices compliant to PCI 2.3 (circa 2002) and > > > > all compliant PCI Express devices should support these bits. > > > > Driver detects this support, and won't bind to devices which do > > > > not support the Interrupt Disable Bit in the command register. > > > > > > > > It's expected that more features of interest to virtualization > > > > will be added to this driver in the future. Possibilities are: > > > > mmap for device resources, MSI/MSI-X, eventfd (to interface > > > > with kvm), iommu. > > > > > > Thanks for adding the docs! Looks alright to me. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Hans > > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Acked-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Hans J. Koch <hjk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Jesse just acked this patch in a private mail, as well. > > Acked-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Odd, but ok... I just replied to Michael's off-list forward of some of the thread that I missed, I'm not trying to hide anything. :) Move along, nothing to see here... -- Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center -- 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
