On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 14:07:20 +0000 Thanos Makatos <thanos.maka...@nutanix.com> wrote:
> > Hello, > > > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 8:54 AM Chenbo Xia <chenbo....@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
