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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG
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Paul Brook |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG |
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Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:32:25 +0100 |
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> So, rather than bike-shedding, how about making some kind of decision?
Ok, let me make this simple.
Features such as rate limiting and EGD protocol translation should not be part
of individual device emulation. They are part of the host interface, not the
guest machine. If you really want these in qemu then they should be
implemented as part of the chardev layer.
It may be a bit more work to implement these properly. However I'm not going
to accept a half-assed implementation just because someone wrote it.
A direct result of this is that virtio-rng degenerates to a crippled virtual
serial port. We already have a virtual serial port implementation designed for
exactly this kind of application. IMHO virtio-rng is a complete waste of time
and space.
Paul
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Paul Brook, 2010/04/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Jamie Lokier, 2010/04/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Paul Brook, 2010/04/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Ian Molton, 2010/04/02
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Paul Brook, 2010/04/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Ian Molton, 2010/04/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Paul Brook, 2010/04/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG,
Paul Brook <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Ian Molton, 2010/04/20
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Jamie Lokier, 2010/04/20
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Ian Molton, 2010/04/20
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Blue Swirl, 2010/04/20
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Jamie Lokier, 2010/04/20
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Ian Molton, 2010/04/20
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Jamie Lokier, 2010/04/20
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Gerd Hoffmann, 2010/04/21
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Jamie Lokier, 2010/04/21
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Ian Molton, 2010/04/21