Re: [PATCHv5 3/3] vhost_net: a kernel-level virtio server

[Avi Kivity]

On 09/14/2009 07:47 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 12:08:55PM -0400, Gregory Haskins wrote:
>    
> > For Ira's example, the addresses would represent a physical address on
> > the PCI boards, and would follow any kind of relevant rules for
> > converting a "GPA" to a host accessible address (even if indirectly, via
> > a dma controller).
> >      
> I don't think limiting addresses to PCI physical addresses will work
> well.  From what I rememeber, Ira's x86 can not initiate burst
> transactions on PCI, and it's the ppc that initiates all DMA.
>    

vhost-net would run on the PPC then.

> > >   But we can't let the guest specify physical addresses.
> > >        
> > Agreed.  Neither your proposal nor mine operate this way afaict.
> >      
> But this seems to be what Ira needs.
>    

In Ira's scenario, the "guest" (x86 host) specifies x86 physical 
addresses, and the ppc dmas to them.  It's the virtio model without any 
change.  A normal guest also specifis physical addresses.

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