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author | Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> | 2019-07-05 09:51:50 +0100 |
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committer | Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> | 2019-07-05 09:51:50 +0100 |
commit | c35d17cabc1e2c72ac0adfd47a0dc9ea40875069 (patch) | |
tree | 1fe20a1769036418feb4793416942a1c1fb40015 /docs | |
parent | 57dfc2c4d51e770ed3f617e5d1456d1e2bacf3f0 (diff) | |
parent | 3ef4dff2b397c8932fd3b4d955cd6ba620245475 (diff) |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/mst/tags/for_upstream' into staging
virtio, pc, pci: features, fixes, cleanups
virtio-pmem support.
libvhost user mq support.
A bunch of fixes all over the place.
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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* remotes/mst/tags/for_upstream: (22 commits)
docs: avoid vhost-user-net specifics in multiqueue section
libvhost-user: implement VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_MQ
libvhost-user: support many virtqueues
libvhost-user: add vmsg_set_reply_u64() helper
pc: Move compat_apic_id_mode variable to PCMachineClass
virtio: Don't change "started" flag on virtio_vmstate_change()
virtio: Make sure we get correct state of device on handle_aio_output()
virtio: Set "start_on_kick" on virtio_set_features()
virtio: Set "start_on_kick" for legacy devices
virtio: add "use-started" property
virtio-pci: fix missing device properties
pc: Support for virtio-pmem-pci
numa: Handle virtio-pmem in NUMA stats
hmp: Handle virtio-pmem when printing memory device infos
virtio-pci: Proxy for virtio-pmem
virtio-pmem: sync linux headers
virtio-pci: Allow to specify additional interfaces for the base type
virtio-pmem: add virtio device
pcie: minor cleanups for slot control/status
pcie: work around for racy guest init
...
Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r-- | docs/interop/vhost-user.rst | 21 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst b/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst index dc0ff9211f..5750668aba 100644 --- a/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst +++ b/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst @@ -324,19 +324,20 @@ must support changing some configuration aspects on the fly. Multiple queue support ---------------------- -Multiple queue is treated as a protocol extension, hence the slave has -to implement protocol features first. The multiple queues feature is -supported only when the protocol feature ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_MQ`` -(bit 0) is set. +Multiple queue support allows the slave to advertise the maximum number of +queues. This is treated as a protocol extension, hence the slave has to +implement protocol features first. The multiple queues feature is supported +only when the protocol feature ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_MQ`` (bit 0) is set. -The max number of queue pairs the slave supports can be queried with -message ``VHOST_USER_GET_QUEUE_NUM``. Master should stop when the -number of requested queues is bigger than that. +The max number of queues the slave supports can be queried with message +``VHOST_USER_GET_QUEUE_NUM``. Master should stop when the number of requested +queues is bigger than that. As all queues share one connection, the master uses a unique index for each -queue in the sent message to identify a specified queue. One queue pair -is enabled initially. More queues are enabled dynamically, by sending -message ``VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_ENABLE``. +queue in the sent message to identify a specified queue. + +The master enables queues by sending message ``VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_ENABLE``. +vhost-user-net has historically automatically enabled the first queue pair. Migration --------- |