[v4,0/2] Cross-device resource sharing

Message

David Stevens March 19, 2020, 2:18 a.m. UTC

Hi all,

This is the next iteration of patches for adding support for sharing
resources between different virtio devices. The corresponding Linux
implementation is [1].

In addition to these patches, the most recent virtio-video patchset
includes a patch for importing objects into that device [2].

[1] https://markmail.org/thread/bfy6uk4q4v4cus7h
[2] https://markmail.org/message/wxdne5re7aaugbjg

Changes v3 -> v4:
 - Add virtio-gpu feature bit
 - Move virtio-gpu assign uuid command into 2d command group
 - Rename virtio-gpu uuid response

David Stevens (2):
  content: define what an exported object is
  virtio-gpu: add the ability to export resources

 content.tex      | 12 ++++++++++++
 introduction.tex |  4 ++++
 virtio-gpu.tex   | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 45 insertions(+)

Comments

Gerd Hoffmann March 20, 2020, 6:41 a.m. UTC | #1

On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 11:18:21AM +0900, David Stevens wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> This is the next iteration of patches for adding support for sharing
> resources between different virtio devices. The corresponding Linux
> implementation is [1].
> 
> In addition to these patches, the most recent virtio-video patchset
> includes a patch for importing objects into that device [2].

Looks good to me.

So, open a github issue to kick the TC vote process and get this merged?
(see virtio-spec/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md).

cheers,
  Gerd

David Stevens March 23, 2020, 1:52 a.m. UTC | #2

Thanks for taking a look at this. I've opened a github issue.

Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/76

Thanks,
David

On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 3:41 PM Gerd Hoffmann <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 11:18:21AM +0900, David Stevens wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This is the next iteration of patches for adding support for sharing
> > resources between different virtio devices. The corresponding Linux
> > implementation is [1].
> >
> > In addition to these patches, the most recent virtio-video patchset
> > includes a patch for importing objects into that device [2].
>
> Looks good to me.
>
> So, open a github issue to kick the TC vote process and get this merged?
> (see virtio-spec/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md).
>
> cheers,
>   Gerd
>

David Stevens April 28, 2020, 2:15 a.m. UTC | #3

Request for a vote.

Fixes: https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/76

Thanks,
David

On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 3:41 PM Gerd Hoffmann <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 11:18:21AM +0900, David Stevens wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This is the next iteration of patches for adding support for sharing
> > resources between different virtio devices. The corresponding Linux
> > implementation is [1].
> >
> > In addition to these patches, the most recent virtio-video patchset
> > includes a patch for importing objects into that device [2].
>
> Looks good to me.
>
> So, open a github issue to kick the TC vote process and get this merged?
> (see virtio-spec/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md).
>
> cheers,
>   Gerd
>