> -----Original Message----- > From: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Rusty Russell > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 5:19 AM > To: kvm-devel; Xen Mailing List; virtualization > Cc: Jimi Xenidis; Stephen Rothwell; jmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > Herbert Xu; Christian Borntraeger; Suzanne McIntosh; Anthony > Liguori; Martin Schwidefsky > Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC 1/3] virtio infrastructure > > This attempts to implement a "virtual I/O" layer which should > allow common drivers to be efficiently used across most > virtual I/O mechanisms. It will no-doubt need further enhancement. > > Rusty Could you please clarify what is the purpose of this "virtual I/O" layer? At least for networking, why isn't the current linux net device abstraction sufficient for hiding the details of different virtual devices implementations? What am I missing? Thanks Renato _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
