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Re: [PATCH v1 7/7] xen_arm: Add basic virtio-pci support
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Volodymyr Babchuk |
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Re: [PATCH v1 7/7] xen_arm: Add basic virtio-pci support |
Date: |
Mon, 13 Nov 2023 12:01:17 +0000 |
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Hi David,
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> writes:
> [[S/MIME Signed Part:Undecided]]
> On Fri, 2023-11-10 at 20:42 +0000, Volodymyr Babchuk wrote:
>> From: Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@epam.com>
>>
>> This patch adds basic virtio-pci support for xen_arm machine.
>
> Why only xen_arm? Couldn't this be a fairly generic device which can be
> instantiated on x86 too, both for real and emulated Xen guests? And
> riscv/ppc too?
This is the architecture-specific code. Actually, from QEMU point of
view, this code just adds a virtual PCI bridge. For example, on x86 this
is done in a some other way, so they already have virtio-pci working.
--
WBR, Volodymyr