Re: [PATCH v4 00/16] Introduce SCMI VirtIO transport

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon Jun 14 2021 - 07:46:17 EST


On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 05:59:21PM +0100, Cristian Marussi wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm posting this V4 series starting from the work done up to V3 by
> OpenSynergy.

Who is 'OpenSynergy'?

> The main aim of this rework is to simplify where possible the SCMI VirtIO
> support added in V3 by adding upfront and then using some new mechanisms in
> the SCMI Core Transport layer.

And what is 'SCMI', and why would anyone want a new virtio transport?