On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 05:24:57AM +0000, Parav Pandit wrote: > > > > From: virtio-comm...@lists.oasis-open.org <virtio-comment@lists.oasis- > > open.org> On Behalf Of Michael S. Tsirkin > > > > Such registers do not start the VQ data path engines. > > > 1.x spec has done the right thing to have dedicated notification region > > > which > > something an actual pci hw can implement. > > > > okay so.. in fact it turns out existing hardware is not really happy to > > emulate > > legacy. it does not really fit that well. > > so maybe we should stop propagating the legacy interface to modern hardware > > then. > It is not about current hw, utilize what hw has to offer and utilize what sw > has to offer. > The key efficiency is coming by reusing what 1.x has already to offer.
Just ... no. Either run 0.X or 1.X. This mix opens a ton of corner cases. NOTIFICATION_DATA is just off the top of my head, there's more for sure. It's a can of worms we won't be able to close. > > Add the legacy net header size feature and be done with it. > Hypervisor need to mediate and participate in all life cycle of the device. > > One wants to run the block device too. Current proposal with other changes we > discussed cover wider case. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: virtio-dev-unsubscr...@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: virtio-dev-h...@lists.oasis-open.org
