From 5cdbe0fcfdd8e83c07ca0f0975916db65837ad7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thanos Makatos Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 10:55:45 -0400 Subject: document current work regarding VFIO-over-socket Signed-off-by: Thanos Makatos --- README.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a4af5da..cd1daae 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -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 ------------------------- -- cgit v1.1