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Date:      Mon, 08 Jun 2015 06:21:22 +0100
From:      Bruce Simpson <bms@fastmail.net>
To:        Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
Cc:        Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r284146 - in head/tools/bus_space: . C Python
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On Mon, 8 Jun 2015, at 06:10, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> > Also: is it feasible to extend to build/attach to a VirtIO function?
> > (May be PCI, not MMIO).
>=20
> I think so. If there=E2=80=99s an easy environment for me to play
> with, I can take a look. I think qemu would do right?

I can't speak to the MMIO case, but it may be of interest for CHERI.

This was added to VirtIO to support paravirtualization in emulators for
non-x86 SoCs (e.g. ARM, MIPS).

[See VirtIO spec white paper.]

--=20
BMS (sent via webmail)



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