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Re: bounty for virtio 1.0 (now with instructions!)



On 03.11.2020 23:20, coypu%sdf.org@localhost wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 03, 2020 at 10:42:27PM +0100, Martin Husemann wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 03, 2020 at 10:23:30PM +0100, Reinoud Zandijk wrote:
>>> To be clear, do we want to (keep) supporting legacy devices? Its not required
>>> in 1.0 and could clean up the code a lot!
>>
>> Yes, we need that still, as not all hosts offer the newer ones.
> 
> The QEMU people mentioned that even if "legacy virtio" IDs are used,
> there's a bit to show that it's compatible with newer virtio.
> Things that claim old virtio probably do both old & new.
> 

"Transitional virtio" supports both, 1.0 and 0.9. I had a draft work
with the upgrade of virtio, but incomplete..

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