Re: [PATCH V10 6/6] docs: sample driver to demonstrate how to implement virtio-mdev framework

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On 2019/11/7 下午8:43, Jason Wang wrote:

On 2019/11/7 下午7:21, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
On Thu, Nov 07, 2019 at 06:18:45PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
On 2019/11/7 下午5:08, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
On Wed, Nov 06, 2019 at 09:35:31PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
This sample driver creates mdev device that simulate virtio net device
over virtio mdev transport. The device is implemented through vringh
and workqueue. A device specific dma ops is to make sure HVA is used
directly as the IOVA. This should be sufficient for kernel virtio
driver to work.

Only 'virtio' type is supported right now. I plan to add 'vhost' type
on top which requires some virtual IOMMU implemented in this sample
driver.

Acked-by: Cornelia Huck<cohuck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang<jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
I'd prefer it that we call this something else, e.g.
mvnet-loopback. Just so people don't expect a fully
functional device somehow. Can be renamed when applying?
Actually, I plan to extend it as another standard network interface for
kernel. It could be either a standalone pseudo device or a stack device.
Does this sounds good to you?

Thanks
That's a big change in an interface so it's a good reason
to rename the driver at that point right?
Oherwise users of an old kernel would expect a stacked driver
and get a loopback instead.

Or did I miss something?


My understanding is that it was a sample driver in /doc. It should not be used in production environment. Otherwise we need to move it to driver/virtio.

But if you insist, I can post a V11.

Thanks


Or maybe it's better to rename the type of current mdev from 'virtio' to 'virtio-loopback'. Then we can add more types in the future.

Thanks






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