Re: [PATCH V10 6/6] docs: sample driver to demonstrate how to implement virtio-mdev framework

[Jason Wang]

On 2019/11/7 äå5:08, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 06, 2019 at 09:35:31PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > This sample driver creates mdev device that simulate virtio net device
> > over virtio mdev transport. The device is implemented through vringh
> > and workqueue. A device specific dma ops is to make sure HVA is used
> > directly as the IOVA. This should be sufficient for kernel virtio
> > driver to work.
> >
> > Only 'virtio' type is supported right now. I plan to add 'vhost' type
> > on top which requires some virtual IOMMU implemented in this sample
> > driver.
> >
> > Acked-by: Cornelia Huck<cohuck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Jason Wang<jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> I'd prefer it that we call this something else, e.g.
> mvnet-loopback. Just so people don't expect a fully
> functional device somehow. Can be renamed when applying?


Actually, I plan to extend it as another standard network interface for 
kernel. It could be either a standalone pseudo device or a stack device. 
Does this sounds good to you?

Thanks


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