Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC] virtio-pci: add MMIO property

[Anthony Liguori]

On 03/19/2012 06:52 PM, Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:13:06 -0500, Anthony Liguori<address@hidden>  wrote:
> > > Maybe just make this a hidden option like x-miio?
> >
> > x-violate-the-virtio-spec-to-trick-old-linux-drivers-into-working-on-power?
>
> "To configure the device, we use the first I/O region of the PCI
> device."
>
> Meh, it does sound a little like we are specifying that it's an PCI I/O
> bar.
>
> Let's resurrect the PCI-v2 idea, which is ready to implement now, and a
> nice cleanup?  Detach it from the change-of-ring-format idea which is
> turning out to be a tarpit.

I think that's a sensible approach.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> Thanks,
> Rusty.