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RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC 1/3] virtio infrastructure
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"Rusty Russell" <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "kvm-devel" <kvm-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Xen Mailing List" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "virtualization" <virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC 1/3] virtio infrastructure |
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"Santos, Jose Renato G" <joserenato.santos@xxxxxx> |
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Fri, 1 Jun 2007 23:35:26 -0000 |
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Jimi Xenidis <jimix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, jmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Christian Borntraeger <cborntra@xxxxxxxxxx>, Suzanne McIntosh <skranjac@xxxxxxxxxx>, Anthony Liguori <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx> |
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[Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC 1/3] virtio infrastructure |
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Rusty Russell
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 5:19 AM
> To: kvm-devel; Xen Mailing List; virtualization
> Cc: Jimi Xenidis; Stephen Rothwell; jmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> Herbert Xu; Christian Borntraeger; Suzanne McIntosh; Anthony
> Liguori; Martin Schwidefsky
> Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC 1/3] virtio infrastructure
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> This attempts to implement a "virtual I/O" layer which should
> allow common drivers to be efficiently used across most
> virtual I/O mechanisms. It will no-doubt need further enhancement.
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>
Rusty
Could you please clarify what is the purpose of this "virtual I/O"
layer?
At least for networking, why isn't the current linux net device
abstraction sufficient for hiding the details of different virtual
devices implementations? What am I missing?
Thanks
Renato
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