On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 01:58:17AM +0300, Max Gurtovoy wrote:
> Hi,
> A device group definition will help extending the virtio specefication for
> various future features that require a notion of grouping devices together or
> managing devices inside a group. A device group include one or more
On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 01:58:18AM +0300, Max Gurtovoy wrote:
> Each device group has a type. For now, define initial type of device
> groups: Type 1 - A virtio PCI SR-IOV physical function (PF) and its PCI
> SR-IOV virtual functions (VFs). This group may contain one or more
> virtio devices.
>
>
On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 01:58:19AM +0300, Max Gurtovoy wrote:
> This command set is used for essential administrative and management
> operations.
>
> Admin commands should be submitted to a well defined management
> interface.
>
> Reviewed-by: Parav Pandit
> Signed-off-by: Max Gurtovoy
> ---
On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 01:58:20AM +0300, Max Gurtovoy wrote:
> Introduce a new mechanism to issue commands with dst_type field that is
> not "self". With the new mechanism, driver can set dst_type to 1
> and use the vdev_id common field to describe the designated vdev_id.
>
> This mechanism is
On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 01:58:20AM +0300, Max Gurtovoy wrote:
> Introduce a new mechanism to issue commands with dst_type field that is
> not "self". With the new mechanism, driver can set dst_type to 1
> and use the vdev_id common field to describe the designated vdev_id.
>
> This mechanism is
On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 01:58:21AM +0300, Max Gurtovoy wrote:
> In one of the many use cases a user wants to manipulate features and
> configuration of the virtio devices regardless of the device type
> (net/block/console). For that the admin command set introduced. The
> admin virtqueue will be
On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 01:58:22AM +0300, Max Gurtovoy wrote:
> This new structure will be used for adding new miscellaneous registers
> for a virtio device configuration layout.
>
> For now, only admin_queue_index register is added. Admin virtqueue index
> does not depend on the device type.
On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 01:58:22AM +0300, Max Gurtovoy wrote:
> This new structure will be used for adding new miscellaneous registers
> for a virtio device configuration layout.
>
> For now, only admin_queue_index register is added. Admin virtqueue index
> does not depend on the device type.
On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 01:58:24AM +0300, Max Gurtovoy wrote:
> After adding the concept of a management and a managed device, add
> another example of using this concept to manage resources.
>
> Today there is no standard definition in the spec that allows user to
> setup specific feature bits
On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 01:58:23AM +0300, Max Gurtovoy wrote:
> Introduce the concept of a management and a managed device and add
> example of using this concept to manage resources.
>
> A management device supports the VIRTIO_ADMIN_DEVICE_MGMT and
> VIRTIO_ADMIN_DEVICE_MGMT_ATTRS admin commands
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