RE: [PATCH v6] introduce vfio-user protocol specification

2020-11-13 Thread Thanos Makatos
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[PATCH v6] introduce vfio-user protocol specification

2020-11-09 Thread Thanos Makatos
This patch introduces the vfio-user protocol specification (formerly known as VFIO-over-socket), which is designed to allow devices to be emulated outside QEMU, in a separate process. vfio-user reuses the existing VFIO defines, structs and concepts. It has been earlier discussed as an RFC in: