Re: [PATCH V3 1/3] gpio: Add virtio-gpio driver

[Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 14-06-21, 11:12, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 11:08 AM Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
> <lkml@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On 11.06.21 10:01, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> >
> > > No, QEMU passes the raw messages to the backend daemon running in host
> > > userspace (which shares a socket with qemu). The backend understands
> > > the virtio/vhost protocols and so won't be required to change at all
> > > if we move from Qemu to something else. And that's what we (Linaro)
> > > are looking to do here with Project Stratos.
> >
> > Note that this is completely different from my approach that I've posted
> > in autumn last year. Viresh's protocol hasn't much in common with mine.
> 
> That's why we have a thing called standard. And AFAIU virtio API/ABIs
> should be officially registered and standardized.

Yes and here is the latest version (which is based on the work done by
Enrico earlier). It isn't accepted yet and is under review.

https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-comment/202106/msg00022.html

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viresh