From: "Xia, Chenbo" <chenbo.xia@intel.com>
To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
Thanos Makatos <thanos.makatos@nutanix.com>
Cc: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>, dev <dev@dpdk.org>,
"Thomas Monjalon" <thomas@monjalon.net>,
"Liang, Cunming" <cunming.liang@intel.com>,
"Lu, Xiuchun" <xiuchun.lu@intel.com>,
"Li, Miao" <miao.li@intel.com>,
"Wu, Jingjing" <jingjing.wu@intel.com>,
"john.g.johnson@oracle.com" <john.g.johnson@oracle.com>,
Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>,
Marc-Andre Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>,
Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>,
Swapnil Ingle <swapnil.ingle@nutanix.com>,
"John Levon" <john.levon@nutanix.com>,
"Liu, Changpeng" <changpeng.liu@intel.com>,
Jagannathan Raman <jag.raman@oracle.com>,
Elena Ufimtseva <elena.ufimtseva@oracle.com>
Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/9] Introduce vfio-user library
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2023 01:36:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <SN6PR11MB35045F0FE774A05488A5E32E9C2AA@SN6PR11MB3504.namprd11.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230629091024.09d98250@hermes.local>
Hi Stephen,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2023 12:10 AM
> To: Thanos Makatos <thanos.makatos@nutanix.com>
> Cc: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>; Xia, Chenbo
> <chenbo.xia@intel.com>; dev <dev@dpdk.org>; Thomas Monjalon
> <thomas@monjalon.net>; Liang, Cunming <cunming.liang@intel.com>; Lu,
> Xiuchun <xiuchun.lu@intel.com>; Li, Miao <miao.li@intel.com>; Wu, Jingjing
> <jingjing.wu@intel.com>; john.g.johnson@oracle.com; Stefan Hajnoczi
> <stefanha@redhat.com>; Marc-Andre Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>;
> Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>; Swapnil Ingle
> <swapnil.ingle@nutanix.com>; John Levon <john.levon@nutanix.com>; Liu,
> Changpeng <changpeng.liu@intel.com>; Jagannathan Raman
> <jag.raman@oracle.com>; Elena Ufimtseva <elena.ufimtseva@oracle.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/9] Introduce vfio-user library
>
> On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 14:07:20 +0000
> Thanos Makatos <thanos.makatos@nutanix.com> wrote:
>
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 8:54 AM Chenbo Xia <chenbo.xia@intel.com>
> wrote:
> > > > *librte_vfio_user* library is an implementation of VFIO-over-
> socket[1]
> > > (also
> > > > known as vfio-user) which is a protocol that allows a device to be
> virtualized
> > > > in a separate process outside of QEMU.
> > >
> > > What is the status of the specification on QEMU side?
> > > Integrating an implementation in DPDK is premature until we have an
> > > agreed specification.
> >
> > We're in the process of reviewing the specification, the latest version
> (v7) is here: https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-
> devel@nongnu.org/msg763207.html. We haven't had any reviews yet for that
> revision, IMO we're getting close.
> >
> > FYI John Johnson is implementing the relevant changes in multiprocess
> QEMU. John Levon, Swapnil, and I are implementing the server part in
> libvfio-user (formerly known as MUSER). We also have a mailing list now:
> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libvfio-user-devel. We've been
> working on integrating the two parts.
> >
> > Finally, Changpeng is implementing an NVMe controller in SPDK. We're
> trying to make it work with multiprocess QEMU and libvfio-user, we're very
> close.
> >
> >
>
> Any status update? It has been 3 years.
> If not ready will change this patchset to state "awaiting upstream".
> I.e not ready until QEMU is ready
There is already a vfio-user lib in open source:
https://github.com/nutanix/libvfio-user
So for this lib, we may just use this libvfio-user instead of introducing
new one in DPDK, but we will still submit patches about emulating devices
in DPDK.
Thanks,
Chenbo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-30 1:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-18 7:38 Chenbo Xia
2020-12-18 7:38 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/9] lib: introduce " Chenbo Xia
2020-12-18 17:13 ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-12-19 6:12 ` Xia, Chenbo
2020-12-18 17:17 ` Stephen Hemminger
2020-12-19 6:25 ` Xia, Chenbo
2020-12-18 7:38 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/9] vfio_user: implement lifecycle related APIs Chenbo Xia
2021-01-05 8:34 ` Xing, Beilei
2021-01-05 9:58 ` Xia, Chenbo
2020-12-18 7:38 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/9] vfio_user: implement device and region " Chenbo Xia
2021-01-06 5:51 ` Xing, Beilei
2021-01-06 7:50 ` Xia, Chenbo
2020-12-18 7:38 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/9] vfio_user: implement DMA table and socket address API Chenbo Xia
2020-12-18 7:38 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/9] vfio_user: implement interrupt related APIs Chenbo Xia
2020-12-30 1:04 ` Wu, Jingjing
2020-12-30 2:31 ` Xia, Chenbo
2020-12-18 7:38 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/9] vfio_user: add client APIs of device attach/detach Chenbo Xia
2020-12-18 7:38 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 7/9] vfio_user: add client APIs of DMA/IRQ/region Chenbo Xia
2021-01-07 2:41 ` Xing, Beilei
2021-01-07 7:26 ` Xia, Chenbo
2020-12-18 7:38 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 8/9] test/vfio_user: introduce functional test Chenbo Xia
2020-12-18 7:38 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 9/9] doc: add vfio-user library guide Chenbo Xia
2021-01-06 5:07 ` Xing, Beilei
2021-01-06 7:43 ` Xia, Chenbo
2020-12-18 9:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/9] Introduce vfio-user library David Marchand
2020-12-18 14:07 ` Thanos Makatos
2023-06-29 16:10 ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-06-30 1:36 ` Xia, Chenbo [this message]
2021-01-14 6:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 " Chenbo Xia
2021-01-14 6:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/9] lib: introduce " Chenbo Xia
2024-02-12 22:53 ` Stephen Hemminger
2021-01-14 6:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/9] vfio_user: implement lifecycle related APIs Chenbo Xia
2021-01-14 6:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/9] vfio_user: implement device and region " Chenbo Xia
2021-01-14 18:48 ` David Christensen
2021-01-19 3:22 ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-14 6:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/9] vfio_user: implement DMA table and socket address API Chenbo Xia
2021-01-14 6:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/9] vfio_user: implement interrupt related APIs Chenbo Xia
2021-01-14 6:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/9] vfio_user: add client APIs of device attach/detach Chenbo Xia
2021-01-14 6:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 7/9] vfio_user: add client APIs of DMA/IRQ/region Chenbo Xia
2021-01-14 6:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 8/9] test/vfio_user: introduce functional test Chenbo Xia
2021-01-14 19:03 ` David Christensen
2021-01-19 3:27 ` Xia, Chenbo
2021-01-19 18:26 ` David Christensen
2021-01-14 6:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 9/9] doc: add vfio-user library guide Chenbo Xia
2021-01-15 7:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/9] Introduce vfio-user library David Marchand
2021-01-19 3:13 ` Xia, Chenbo
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