RE: (proposal) RE: [PATCH v7 00/16] vfio: expose virtual Shared Virtual Addressing to VMs

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> From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 10:02 PM
[...]
> > > Whoever provides the vIOMMU emulation and relays the page fault to the
> guest
> > > has to translate the RID -
> >
> > that's the point. But the device info (especially the sub-device info) is
> > within the passthru framework (e.g. VFIO). So page fault reporting needs
> > to go through passthru framework.
> >
> > > what does that have to do with VFIO?
> > >
> > > How will VPDA provide the vIOMMU emulation?
> >
> > a pardon here. I believe vIOMMU emulation should be based on IOMMU
> vendor
> > specification, right? you may correct me if I'm missing anything.
> 
> I'm asking how will VDPA translate the RID when VDPA triggers a page
> fault that has to be relayed to the guest. VDPA also has virtual PCI
> devices it creates.

I've got a question. Does vDPA work with vIOMMU so far? e.g. Intel vIOMMU
or other type vIOMMU.

Regards,
Yi Liu





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