Re: [virtio] [OASIS Issue Tracker] Created: (VIRTIO-35) race condition with multi-dword config accesses

From
Pawel Moll <>
Date
2013-10-11T13:42:44+00:00
ID
1381498960.3218.20.camel@hornet
Thread
Re: [virtio] [OASIS Issue Tracker] Created: (VIRTIO-35) race condition with multi-dword config accesses
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 14:36 +0100, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> Two questions:
> - What's wrong with feature bits as a way to
>   select a different layout? That's what they were
>   designed for.

The MMIO transport control register layout is not going to change in
runtime. It must be either version 1 or version 2.

> - So what's the plan for transitional devices?

I am not planning anything special in the MMIO transport.

Paweł