RE: [Qemu-devel] [RFC v2] virtio-crypto specification

["Gonglei (Arei)" <arei.gonglei@huawei.com>]

>
> > Hi,
> >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >                  Virtio-crypto device Spec
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > 1	Crypto Device
> > > > > > > > The virtio crypto device is a virtual crypto device (ie. hardware
> crypto
> > > > > > > accelerator card). The encryption and decryption requests of are
> placed
> > > in
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > data queue, and handled by the real hardware crypto accelerators
> finally.
> > > A
> > > > > > > second queue is the control queue, which is used to create or
> destroy
> > > > > session
> > > > > > > for symmetric algorithms, and to control some advanced features.
> > > > > > > > 1.1	Device ID
> > > > > > > > 65535 (experimental)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I think you should just go ahead and reserve a device ID for this.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > OK, I want to reserve 20 as Crypto device's ID as 19 is reserved for
> Socket
> > > > > device.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just go ahead and send a patch against the virtio spec that reserves it.
> > > >
> > > > Sorry, I don't find the git repository of virtio spec, except a svn repository
> > > which
> > > > seems that it's not the latest version. :(
> > > >
> > > > https://tools.oasis-open.org/version-control/browse/wsvn/virtio/
> > > >
> > > > Where can I get the git repo address? Thanks.
> > >
> > > No git tree, sadly; only the svn repository. The current spec is on the
> > > v1.0 branch.
> >
> > OK, thanks. Maybe I can use git-svn tool to make patch?
> 
> Yes, git-svn works.
> 
> The main spec text is in trunk/content.tex.  You also need to modify
> trunk/conformance.tex to include all the "Driver Requirements" and
> "Device Requirements" sections for your device.
> 

Thank you for your reminder, Stefan. Because the virtio-crypto spec is still under review,
I just need to submit a patch to reserve a device id for crypto device at present. Right?

Regards,
-Gonglei