[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/9] Introduce vfio-user library

[Xia, Chenbo]

Hi Stephen,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2023 12:10 AM
> To: Thanos Makatos <thanos.makatos at nutanix.com>
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> Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin at redhat.com>; Swapnil Ingle
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> Changpeng <changpeng.liu at intel.com>; Jagannathan Raman
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> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/9] Introduce vfio-user library
> 
> On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 14:07:20 +0000
> Thanos Makatos <thanos.makatos at nutanix.com> wrote:
> 
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 8:54 AM Chenbo Xia <chenbo.xia at intel.com>
> wrote:
> > > > *librte_vfio_user* library is an implementation of VFIO-over-
> socket[1]
> > > (also
> > > > known as vfio-user) which is a protocol that allows a device to be
> virtualized
> > > > in a separate process outside of QEMU.
> > >
> > > What is the status of the specification on QEMU side?
> > > Integrating an implementation in DPDK is premature until we have an
> > > agreed specification.
> >
> > We're in the process of reviewing the specification, the latest version
> (v7) is here: https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-
> devel at nongnu.org/msg763207.html. We haven't had any reviews yet for that
> revision, IMO we're getting close.
> >
> > FYI John Johnson is implementing the relevant changes in multiprocess
> QEMU. John Levon, Swapnil, and I are implementing the server part in
> libvfio-user (formerly known as MUSER). We also have a mailing list now:
> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libvfio-user-devel. We've been
> working on integrating the two parts.
> >
> > Finally, Changpeng is implementing an NVMe controller in SPDK. We're
> trying to make it work with multiprocess QEMU and libvfio-user, we're very
> close.
> >
> >
> 
> Any status update? It has been 3 years.
> If not ready will change this patchset to state "awaiting upstream".
> I.e not ready until QEMU is ready

There is already a vfio-user lib in open source:
https://github.com/nutanix/libvfio-user

So for this lib, we may just use this libvfio-user instead of introducing
new one in DPDK, but we will still submit patches about emulating devices
in DPDK.

Thanks,
Chenbo