From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: virtio-comment-return-1179-cohuck=redhat.com@lists.oasis-open.org Sender: List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Received: from lists.oasis-open.org (oasis-open.org [10.110.1.242]) by lists.oasis-open.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 833FA9842BE for ; Mon, 13 Apr 2020 11:46:16 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 07:46:08 -0400 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Message-ID: <20200413074049-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <6774E3D0-4DA4-4CAA-B4D8-370982260E62@amazon.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <6774E3D0-4DA4-4CAA-B4D8-370982260E62@amazon.com> Subject: Re: [virtio-comment] Seeking guidance for custom virtIO device Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline To: "Eftime, Petre" Cc: "virtio-comment@lists.oasis-open.org" List-ID: On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 09:36:58AM +0000, Eftime, Petre wrote: > If not, what is the path to having our device live somewhere in the > virtio world? Basically submit a spec patch, address review comments, eventually ask for a TC vote to include it. Reserving an ID is a helpful first step for many people since that lets you write guest and host patches. > If there is no reason to include our device in the spec > proper, we at least want to reserve an identifier for it, to prevent > accidental collisions with other devices. I see that there are other > devices which are rather specialized and not yet formalized listed in > the spec, but I don't fully graps what steps I need to take in order > to get an ID. Would submitting a patch with the ID be enough? Almost. https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec#use-of-github-issues see text beginning with: "To request a TC vote on resolving a specific comment:" https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec#providing-feedback is also helpful. --=20 MST This publicly archived list offers a means to provide input to the=0D OASIS Virtual I/O Device (VIRTIO) TC.=0D =0D In order to verify user consent to the Feedback License terms and=0D to minimize spam in the list archive, subscription is required=0D before posting.=0D =0D Subscribe: virtio-comment-subscribe@lists.oasis-open.org=0D Unsubscribe: virtio-comment-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org=0D List help: virtio-comment-help@lists.oasis-open.org=0D List archive: https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-comment/=0D Feedback License: https://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/feedback_license.pdf= =0D List Guidelines: https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/mailing-lis= ts=0D Committee: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/virtio/=0D Join OASIS: https://www.oasis-open.org/join/