Linux Virtualization - Jan 2015 - [PATCH v3 00/16] virtio-pci: towards virtio 1.0 guest support

Hi,
> > While hacking it up I've noticed spec doesn't match reality. 
The
> > "Virtio Structure PCI Capabilities" section here ...
> > 
> >
http://docs.oasis-open.org/virtio/virtio/v1.0/cs01/virtio-v1.0-cs01.html#x1-690004
> > 
> > ... doesn't match what qemu is doing.  Huh?
> 
> Thanks a lot for the report, and the tool!
pciutils patch needs an update too (because I've made it decode the
broken qemu capabilities).  Will come as separate mail with proper
commit message in a moment.
> I sent patches to fix this all up.
> You can try my qemu and linux virtio-net branches now,
> they should be spec compliant.
Yep, much better.  caps match spec, the system boots fine from
virtio-scsi, and the nfs-mounts (using virtio-net) are there too.

cheers,
  Gerd

On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 12:31:08PM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann
wrote:
>   Hi,
> 
> > > While hacking it up I've noticed spec doesn't match
reality.  The
> > > "Virtio Structure PCI Capabilities" section here ...
> > > 
> > >
http://docs.oasis-open.org/virtio/virtio/v1.0/cs01/virtio-v1.0-cs01.html#x1-690004
> > > 
> > > ... doesn't match what qemu is doing.  Huh?
> > 
> > Thanks a lot for the report, and the tool!
> 
> pciutils patch needs an update too (because I've made it decode the
> broken qemu capabilities).  Will come as separate mail with proper
> commit message in a moment.
> 
> > I sent patches to fix this all up.
> > You can try my qemu and linux virtio-net branches now,
> > they should be spec compliant.
> 
> Yep, much better.  caps match spec, the system boots fine from
> virtio-scsi, and the nfs-mounts (using virtio-net) are there too.
> 
> cheers,
>   Gerd

Thanks!
Want to respond to the patches with a tested-by tag?

On Mi, 2015-01-21 at 13:36 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin
wrote:
> Want to respond to the patches with a tested-by tag?
Done.

Making multiplier smaller isn't in there yet, right?

cheers,
  Gerd