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Subject: Re: [virtio-dev] Re: [virtio] [PATCH v7 08/11] packed virtqueues: more efficient virtqueue layout


On Mon, Feb 05, 2018 at 07:16:54PM +0100, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> > I agree that this doesn't seem optimal.  This is a much bigger change
> > than anything between virtio 0.9 and in virtio 1.0, because it affects
> > the data path directly.
> 
> Nod. It looks in pretty good shape to me, once we fixed up the things I
> noticed during this round, but I still feel a bit uncomfortable without
> a prototype for non-pci.
> 
> One issue for me is that all work has been done with pci as the
> transport, and with a view as to what could be helpful for implementers
> of pci cards. There's nothing inherently bad in that, but it does
> introduce a chance that other transports may run into problems when
> they try to implement it.
> 
> Not an insurmountable problem, but something that should be kept in
> mind.

What do you suggest then?

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