On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 01:42:52AM -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 09:40:59PM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 03:44:11PM -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > > VDPA is very different from this. You might call them both mediation, > > > > sure, but then you need another word to describe the additional > > > > changes VPDA is doing. > > > > > > Sorry about hijacking the thread a little bit, but could you > > > call out some of the changes that are the most problematic > > > for you? > > > > I don't really know these details. > > Maybe, you then should desist from saying things like "It entirely fails > to achieve the most important thing it needs to do!" You are not making > any new friends with saying this about a piece of software without > knowing the details. I can't tell you what cloud operators are doing, but I can say with confidence that it is not the same as VDPA. As I said, if you want to know more details you need to ask a cloud operator. Jason