Re: [PATCH RFC 3/3] virtio_ccw: rev 1 devices set VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1

From: Cornelia Huck
Date: Thu Dec 04 2014 - 12:59:26 EST


On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 19:26:50 +0200
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> What does it mean if rev 1 device does not set
> VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1? E.g. is it native endian?
>
> Let's not even try to drive such devices:
> skip attempts to finalize features or set status.

Why not set status_failed?

> virtio core will detect this and bail out.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/s390/kvm/virtio_ccw.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
>

I'm not sure yet whether I like this approach. I'll think about it over
the weekend.

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