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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/6] virtio_balloon: transitional interface
On Wed, 1 Apr 2015 12:49:02 +0200 "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 12:35:45PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > Virtio 1.0 doesn't include a modern balloon device. > > But it's not a big change to support a transitional > > balloon device: this has the advantage of supporting > > existing drivers, transparently. > > > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> > > --- > > include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h | 11 ++++++++-- > > drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- > > 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > > So all in all 32 LOC added, and 9 out of these > deal with endian-ness differences. > > Seems like a small cost for guests to pay for a clean spec, no? > I'm not opposed to this per se, but I'm not totally convinced of the usefulness :) Seeing the qemu side would be helpful.
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