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[PATCH v10 00/10] Introduce device group and device management

From: Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2023 17:15:00 -0000

On Tue, Mar 07, 2023 at 08:17:03AM +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote: > Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 11:48:32PM CET, [email protected] wrote: > >On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 05:40:04PM +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote: > >> Thu, Mar 02, 2023 at 02:04:48PM CET, [email protected] wrote: > >> > >> [...] > >> > >> > >> > admin: introduce device group and related concepts > >> > admin: introduce group administration commands > >> > admin: introduce virtio admin virtqueues > >> > >> The ordering seems a bit odd to me. I think that at the beginning, the > >> admin virtqueue should be introduced with generic concepts (including > >> the generic command structure), only after that the section introducing > >> device group stuff and related commands. > > > >That's intentional. > > > >Jason is working on additional ways to pass commands to > >devices, using memory mapped registers. > > > >Thus admin commands stand by themselves, and the queue is > >just a way to issue them. > > Okay, in that case, woudnlt it make sense if the generic CMD text > (including the generic command structure) would go first, then the > "group" related cmds? > there are not other commands though - they are all group related. > > > > > > > >> This publicly archived list offers a means to provide input to the > >> OASIS Virtual I/O Device (VIRTIO) TC. > >> > >> In order to verify user consent to the Feedback License terms and > >> to minimize spam in the list archive, subscription is required > >> before posting. > >> > >> Subscribe: [email protected] > >> Unsubscribe: [email protected] > >> List help: [email protected] > >> List archive: https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-comment/ > >> Feedback License: https://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/feedback_license.pdf > >> List Guidelines: https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/mailing-lists > >> Committee: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/virtio/ > >> Join OASIS: https://www.oasis-open.org/join/ > >