On Wed, Mar 02, 2022 at 10:13:34AM -0800, Iouri Tarassov wrote: > > On 3/2/2022 6:25 AM, Wei Liu wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 01, 2022 at 11:46:13AM -0800, Iouri Tarassov wrote: > > > Implement ioctls to offer and reclaim compute device allocations: > > > - LX_DXOFFERALLOCATIONS, > > > - LX_DXRECLAIMALLOCATIONS2 > > > > > > When a user mode driver (UMD) does not need to access an allocation, > > > > What is a "user mode driver" in this context? Is that something that > > runs inside the guest? > > Hi Wei, > > The user mode driver runs inside the guest. This driver is written by > hardware vendors. > For example, the NVIDIA's Cuda runtime is considered a user mode driver. > The driver > provides a specific API to applications (like the Cuda API). > > The cover letter explains the design of the virtual compute device > paravirtualization > model and describes all components, which are involved. I feel that I do > not need to > include explanation to every patch. It's fine. I was just asking a question -- I didn't have all the terms in my head by the time I got to this patch. There is no need to add the explanation to every patch. Thanks, Wei. > > Thanks > Iouri >
