Re: [virtio-dev] RE: [RFC] virtio-iommu version 0.4

2017-09-25 Thread Jean-Philippe Brucker
On 21/09/17 07:27, Tian, Kevin wrote: >> From: Jean-Philippe Brucker >> Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 7:55 PM >> >> Hi Kevin, >> >> On 28/08/17 08:39, Tian, Kevin wrote: >>> Here comes some comments: >>> >>> 1.1 Motivation >>> >>> You describe I/O page faults handling as future work. Seems

Re: [RFC] virtio-iommu version 0.4

2017-09-21 Thread Jean-Philippe Brucker
On 20/09/17 10:37, Auger Eric wrote: > Hi Jean, > On 19/09/2017 12:47, Jean-Philippe Brucker wrote: >> Hi Eric, >> >> On 12/09/17 18:13, Auger Eric wrote: >>> 2.6.7 >>> - As I am currently integrating v0.4 in QEMU here are some other comments: >>> At the moment struct virtio_iommu_req_probe flags

RE: [RFC] virtio-iommu version 0.4

2017-09-21 Thread Tian, Kevin
> From: Jean-Philippe Brucker > Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 7:55 PM > > Hi Kevin, > > On 28/08/17 08:39, Tian, Kevin wrote: > > Here comes some comments: > > > > 1.1 Motivation > > > > You describe I/O page faults handling as future work. Seems you > considered > > only recoverable fault

Re: [RFC] virtio-iommu version 0.4

2017-09-20 Thread Auger Eric
Hi Jean, On 19/09/2017 12:47, Jean-Philippe Brucker wrote: > Hi Eric, > > On 12/09/17 18:13, Auger Eric wrote: >> 2.6.7 >> - As I am currently integrating v0.4 in QEMU here are some other comments: >> At the moment struct virtio_iommu_req_probe flags is missing in your >> header. As such I

Re: [RFC] virtio-iommu version 0.4

2017-09-19 Thread Jean-Philippe Brucker
Hi Eric, On 12/09/17 18:13, Auger Eric wrote: > 2.6.7 > - As I am currently integrating v0.4 in QEMU here are some other comments: > At the moment struct virtio_iommu_req_probe flags is missing in your > header. As such I understood the ACK protocol was not implemented by the > driver in your

RE: [RFC] virtio-iommu version 0.4

2017-09-12 Thread Bharat Bhushan
; kevin.t...@intel.com > Subject: Re: [RFC] virtio-iommu version 0.4 > > Hi jean, > > On 04/08/2017 20:19, Jean-Philippe Brucker wrote: > > This is the continuation of my proposal for virtio-iommu, the para- > > virtualized IOMMU. Here is a summary of the changes s

Re: [RFC] virtio-iommu version 0.4

2017-09-12 Thread Auger Eric
Hi jean, On 04/08/2017 20:19, Jean-Philippe Brucker wrote: > This is the continuation of my proposal for virtio-iommu, the para- > virtualized IOMMU. Here is a summary of the changes since last time [1]: > > * The virtio-iommu document now resembles an actual specification. It is > split into

Re: [RFC] virtio-iommu version 0.4

2017-09-06 Thread Jean-Philippe Brucker
Hi Kevin, On 28/08/17 08:39, Tian, Kevin wrote: > Here comes some comments: > > 1.1 Motivation > > You describe I/O page faults handling as future work. Seems you considered > only recoverable fault (since "aka. PCI PRI" being used). What about other > unrecoverable faults e.g. what to do if a

RE: [RFC] virtio-iommu version 0.4

2017-08-28 Thread Tian, Kevin
> From: Jean-Philippe Brucker [mailto:jean-philippe.bruc...@arm.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 6:01 PM > > On 04/08/17 19:19, Jean-Philippe Brucker wrote: > > Other extensions are in preparation. I won't detail them here because > v0.4 > > already is a lot to digest, but in short,

Re: [RFC] virtio-iommu version 0.4

2017-08-23 Thread Jean-Philippe Brucker
On 04/08/17 19:19, Jean-Philippe Brucker wrote: > Other extensions are in preparation. I won't detail them here because v0.4 > already is a lot to digest, but in short, building on top of PROBE: > > * First, since the IOMMU is paravirtualized, the device can expose some > properties of the

Re: [RFC] virtio-iommu version 0.4

2017-08-14 Thread Jean-Philippe Brucker
On 14/08/17 09:27, Tian, Kevin wrote: >> * First, since the IOMMU is paravirtualized, the device can expose some >> properties of the physical topology to the guest, and let it allocate >> resources more efficiently. For example, when the virtio-iommu manages >> both physical and emulated

RE: [RFC] virtio-iommu version 0.4

2017-08-14 Thread Tian, Kevin
> From: Jean-Philippe Brucker [mailto:jean-philippe.bruc...@arm.com] > Sent: Saturday, August 5, 2017 2:19 AM > > This is the continuation of my proposal for virtio-iommu, the para- > virtualized IOMMU. Here is a summary of the changes since last time [1]: > > * The virtio-iommu document now