Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:16:40 -0400 | From | Gregory Haskins <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] vbus: add a "vbus-proxy" bus model for vbus_driver objects |
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Avi Kivity wrote: > On 08/15/2009 01:32 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote: >>> This will generally be used for hypervisors to publish any host-side >>> virtual devices up to a guest. The guest will have the opportunity >>> to consume any devices present on the vbus-proxy as if they were >>> platform devices, similar to existing buses like PCI. >>> >>> >> Is there a consensus on this with the KVM folks? (i've added the KVM >> list to the Cc:) >> > > My opinion is that this is a duplication of effort and we'd be better > off if everyone contributed to enhancing virtio, which already has > widely deployed guest drivers and non-Linux guest support. > > It may have merit if it is proven that it is technically superior to > virtio (and I don't mean some benchmark in some point in time; I mean > design wise). So far I haven't seen any indications that it is. >
The design is very different, so hopefully I can start to convince you why it might be interesting.
Kind Regards, -Greg
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