Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Question regarding VIOT proposal

[Al Stone <ahs3@redhat.com>]

On 03 Feb 2021 09:46, Jean-Philippe Brucker wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 01:27:13PM -0700, Al Stone wrote:
> > On 02 Feb 2021 10:17, Jean-Philippe Brucker wrote:
> > > Hi Al,
> > > 
> > > On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 01:18:25PM -0700, Al Stone wrote:
> > > > > I updated the doc: https://jpbrucker.net/virtio-iommu/viot/viot-v9.pdf
> > > > > You can incorporate it into the ASWG proposal.
> > > > > Changes since v8:
> > > > > * One typo (s/programing/programming/)
> > > > > * Modified the PCI Range node to include a segment range.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I also updated the Linux and QEMU implementations on branch
> > > > > virtio-iommu/devel in https://jpbrucker.net/git/linux/ and
> > > > > https://jpbrucker.net/git/qemu/
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks again for helping with this
> > > > > 
> > > > > Jean
> > > > 
> > > > Perfect.  Thanks.  I'll update the ASWG info right away.
> > > 
> > > Has there been any more feedback on the VIOT specification? I'm wondering
> > > when we can start upstreaming support for it.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jean
> > 
> > Ah, sorry, Jean.  I meant to get back to you sooner.  My apologies.
> > 
> > The latest version that resulted from the discussion with Yinghan of
> > Microsoft is the one in front the ASWG; I think if you upstream that
> > version, it should be identical to the spec when it is next published
> > (post ACPI 6.4).
> > 
> > The process is: (1) propose the change, (2) review it in committee,
> > (3) give people more time to think about it, then (4) have a finale
> > vote.  We've been iterating over (1), (2) and (3).  Since there was
> > no new discussion at the last meeting, we should have the final vote
> > on this (4) in the next meeting.  I had hoped we could do that last
> > week but the meeting was canceled at the last minute.  I hope to have
> > the final vote this Thursday and will let you know as soon as it has
> > been decided.
> > 
> > My apologies for the delays; getting things done by committee always
> > takes a bazillion times longer than one would think.
> 
> No worries, thanks a lot for the update!
> 
> Thanks,
> Jean

Sigh.  Just got a note that today's meeting has been canceled :(.

So, next week for the final vote.  OTOH, there have been no comments
of any sort on the proposal -- and silence is good, in this case.

-- 
ciao,
al
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Al Stone
Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc.
ahs3@redhat.com
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