On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:40 AM, Ira W. Snyder <iws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 02:17:15PM +0900, Magnus Damm wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:05:41 +0900, Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> virtio: Virtio platform driver >> >> >> >> [PATCH 01/02] virtio: Break out lguest virtio code to virtio_lguest.c >> >> [PATCH 02/02] virtio: Add virtio platform driver >> > >> > I have no problem with these patches, but it's just churn until we see >> > your actual drivers. >> >> Well, actually this platform driver is used together with already >> existing drivers, so there are no new virtio drivers to wait for. >> >> The drivers that have been tested are so far: >> >> CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE=y >> CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET=y >> >> At this point there are four different pieces of code working together >> >> 1) Virtio platform driver patches (for guest) >> 2) SH4AL-DSP guest kernel patch >> 3) ARM UIO driver patches (for host) >> 4) User space backing code for ARM based on lguest.c >> >> These patches in this mail thread are 1), and I decided to brush up >> that portion and submit upstream because it's the part that is easiest >> to break out. I intend to post the rest bit by bit over time, but if >> someone is interested then I can post everything at once too. >> > > I'm very interested in the full series of patches. I want to do > something similar to talk between two Linux kernels (x86 and PowerPC) > connected by a PCI bus. For a full source release, have a look at SH Core Linux 20110317: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-sh/msg07188.html The SH kernel patch shows how to make use of the virtio platform driver. Cheers, / magnus _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
