[ipxe-devel] [PATCH v2 0/4] Implement virtio 1.0 support
Stefan Hajnoczi
stefanha at redhat.com
Tue Mar 15 18:02:04 UTC 2016
On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 03:48:21PM +0100, Ladi Prosek wrote:
> The goal here is to support booting from modern and transitional
> virtio-net devices using the new virtio 1.0 protocol. The code
> strives to comply with the virtio 1.0 spec and is heavily inspired
> by the Linux kernel implementation.
>
> Changes from v1:
>
> * removed the packed attribute from virtio structures
>
> * notification cap is now always mapped per queue - results in
> one more ioremap call but eliminates special case code
>
> * only sizeof(struct virtio_net_config) instead of PAGE_SIZE
> of the device cap is mapped
>
> * the config cap is now looked for and required
>
> * vpm_ioread* and vpm_iowrite* support memory, port I/O, and PCI
> config space access through the config cap as a fallback, and
> are not declared inline anymore
>
> * extra parameter is now used by virtnet_probe_modern instead of
> specific error code to indicate that a 1.0 device was found
>
> * device initialization follows the spec - note that reset,
> ACKNOWLEDGE, and DRIVER happen in virtnet_probe_modern and the
> rest in virtnet_open_modern
>
> * nits, comments, and typos here and there
>
> src/drivers/bus/pciextra.c | 54 +++++--
> src/drivers/bus/virtio-pci.c | 324 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> src/drivers/bus/virtio-ring.c | 15 +-
> src/drivers/net/virtio-net.c | 254 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> src/drivers/net/virtio-net.h | 18 +++
> src/include/ipxe/errfile.h | 1 +
> src/include/ipxe/pci.h | 2 +
> src/include/ipxe/virtio-pci.h | 207 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> src/include/ipxe/virtio-ring.h | 12 +-
> 9 files changed, 852 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
>
> [PATCH v2 1/4] [pci] Add pci_find_next_capability
> [PATCH v2 2/4] [virtio] Add virtio 1.0 constants and data structures
> [PATCH v2 3/4] [virtio] Add virtio 1.0 PCI support
> [PATCH v2 4/4] [virtio] Add virtio-net 1.0 support
Looks good. I posted a few small comments but the overall approach
makes sense.
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