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| author | Thanos Makatos <thanos.makatos@nutanix.com> | 2020-11-11 05:31:39 -0500 |
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| committer | Thanos Makatos <thanos.makatos@nutanix.com> | 2020-11-11 05:31:39 -0500 |
| commit | 6eba97ba4abe105b8e5b9df6ca020ad705ce6b47 (patch) | |
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Merge branch 'master' into vfio-user
Last merge before we drop muser.ko.
Signed-off-by: Thanos Makatos <thanos.makatos@nutanix.com>
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@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@ 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's also experimental support for polling. +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 ------------------------- |