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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/35] Alpha system emulation, v4


From: Richard Henderson
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/35] Alpha system emulation, v4
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 15:09:25 -0700
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On 05/10/2011 02:33 PM, Paul Brook wrote:
> There should be nothing special about virtio-pci. These devices should access 
> memory in exactly the same way as any other PCI device. Bypassing the normal 
> PCI iommu is IMO a serious bug.

I suspect that the argument is that virtio is implemented on several
busses, and ignoring any bus-specific stuff means that there's less
need for any code differences.

It doesn't bother me either way, so long as I know what to expect.


r~



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