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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/4] hw/virtio: Factorize virtio-mmio headers
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Michael S. Tsirkin |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/4] hw/virtio: Factorize virtio-mmio headers |
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Tue, 2 Jul 2019 09:22:45 -0400 |
On Tue, Jul 02, 2019 at 10:19:10AM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> > > > I am not sure we want a new machine with 0.X mmio devices.
> > > > Especially considering that virtio-mmio does not have support for
> > > > transitional devices.
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> > > What are the practical implications of that?
> >
> > On the plus side, this means we don't need to maintain a bunch of hacks
> > for old guests with quirky drivers.
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> Also note that some newer virtio devices require virtio 1.0.
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> cheers,
> Gerd
Right. I forgot.