[Xen-devel] OASIS Virtual I/O Device (VIRTIO) TC

[Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I was appointed by Xen Advisory Board to OASIS Virtual I/O Device
(VIRTIO) TC as a memeber. I will oversee its work from Xen point
of view, however, deliverables will be as much as possible
"virtualization platform" agnostic.

According to [1]:

The goal of the OASIS Virtual I/O Device (VIRTIO) TC is to simplify
virtual devices, making them more extensible and more recognizable.

[...]

The TC intends to define formal specifications for virtual device buses
(including PCI) for a variety of devices, including network devices.
Specification development will be based upon the "Virtio PCI Card
Specification" [2] v0.9.5, seeking solutions that support portability,
simplicity, least-surprise for driver authors, extensibility, and
performance. The specification will also document existing
implementations and practice.

[...]

Committee started its work on July 30, 2013. Currently, we are
solving some organizational issues and slowly starting core work.

I am going to post changes proposal for balloon device
(memory hotplug support) and add new timer/clock device
which is not specified in "Virtio PCI Card Specification".

All committee work is made in public. Please check [1] for
more details. However, only members can participate
in teleconferences and vote.

If you have any questions, ideas, concerns, etc. please feel
free to send them to virtio-comment@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [3]
(register to this list first) or directly to me.

1) http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/virtio/
2) http://ozlabs.org/~rusty/virtio-spec/virtio-0.9.5.pdf
3) http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/comments/index.php?wg_abbrev=virtio

Daniel

PS I will be on vacation from 14th of August to 22nd of August.
   I will reply for all emails after 22nd of August.

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