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| author | Thanos Makatos <thanos.makatos@nutanix.com> | 2020-07-20 10:55:45 -0400 |
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| committer | Thanos <tmakatos@gmail.com> | 2020-07-21 11:38:33 +0100 |
| commit | 5cdbe0fcfdd8e83c07ca0f0975916db65837ad7d (patch) | |
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document current work regarding VFIO-over-socket
Signed-off-by: Thanos Makatos <thanos.makatos@nutanix.com>
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@@ -29,6 +29,17 @@ future we plan to make libmuser multi-threaded. The application can be implemented in whatever way is convenient, e.g. as a Python script using bindings, on the cloud, etc. +There is also an ongoing effort to define a protocol based on VFIO that will be +officially supported by QEMU so the kernel module won't be necessary. This +protocol (tentatively named VFIO-over-socket and soon to be renamed to +vfio-user) has been discussed as an RFC in qemu-devel: +https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-03/msg07900.html, +and is now in the process of being reviewed: +https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg723773.html. +In the RFC email thread it is explained how to run the GPIO sample without the +MUSER kernel module, where to get sources etc. Please refer to the RFC email +thread for more information. + Memory Mapping the Device ------------------------- |