Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> So how about this:
>
> (1) Add a vendor specific pci capability for new-style virtio.
> Specifies the pci bar used for new-style virtio registers.
> Guests can use it to figure whenever new-style virtio is
> supported and to map the correct bar (which will probably
> be bar 1 in most cases).
This was closer to the original proposal[1], which I really liked (you
can layout bars however you want). Anthony thought that vendor
capabilities were a PCI-e feature, but it seems they're blessed in PCI
2.3.
So let's return to that proposal, giving something like this:
/* IDs for different capabilities. Must all exist. */
/* FIXME: Do we win from separating ISR, NOTIFY and COMMON? */
/* Common configuration */
#define VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_COMMON_CFG 1
/* Notifications */
#define VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_NOTIFY_CFG 2
/* ISR access */
#define VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_ISR_CFG 3
/* Device specific confiuration */
#define VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_DEVICE_CFG 4
/* This is the PCI capability header: */
struct virtio_pci_cap {
u8 cap_vndr; /* Generic PCI field: PCI_CAP_ID_VNDR */
u8 cap_next; /* Generic PCI field: next ptr. */
u8 cap_len; /* Generic PCI field: sizeof(struct virtio_pci_cap). */
u8 cfg_type; /* One of the VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_*_CFG. */
u8 bar; /* Where to find it. */
u8 unused;
__le16 offset; /* Offset within bar. */
__le32 length; /* Length. */
};
This means qemu can point the isr_cfg into the legacy area if it wants.
In fact, it can put everything in BAR0 if it wants.
Thoughts?
Rusty.
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