Re: [Qemu-devel] Qtest virtio interfaces don't support virtio-1.0 devices

[Gonglei (Arei)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefan Hajnoczi [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 12:27 AM
> To: Stefan Hajnoczi
> Cc: Gonglei (Arei); Cornelia Huck; address@hidden; Gerd Hoffmann;
> Wubin (H); address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Qtest virtio interfaces don't support virtio-1.0
> devices
> 
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 09:19:57AM +0000, Gonglei (Arei) wrote:
> >> Based on the virtio-1.0 spec, the virtio pci devices' layout have been
> changed,
> >> such as PCI_SUBSYSTEM_ID and modern_mem_bar.
> >>
> >> But the current qtest still don't support the virtio-1.0 or later devices. 
> >> Such
> as virtio-gpu,
> >> Virtio-input and virtio-crypto devices.
> >>
> >> Refer to functions in tests/libqos/virtio-pci.c.
> >>
> >> Any plans to support them? Thanks!
> >
> > Patches welcome!  I'm not aware of anyone currently implementing VIRTIO
> > 1.0 support in libqos.
> 
> I have just added VIRTIO 1.0 support in libqos as an Outreachy
> December-March project idea:
> http://qemu-project.org/Outreachy_2016_DecemberMarch#VIRTIO_1.0_supp
> ort_in_libqos
> 
> Perhaps an intern will apply who wants to tackle this.
> 
> Stefan

Nice :)  It's indeed a good learning opportunity for non-worked people.


Regards,
-Gonglei