[virtio-dev] New virtio device specification

Hi all,

we are working on a new virtio device, namely the Signal Distribution

Module (SDM). The SDM routes inter-processor signals intra and inter QEMU

instances, using a user-defined communication channel. At the current state the

SDM provides a local channel, for intra-QEMU signals, and a channel based on

sockets (UNIX or TCP) to exchange signals between processors in different

instances of QEMU. Each communication channel exports a common interface for

the sake of ease of extension and integration of new channels.

In addition to the virtio version, a platform device version is available as

well to be used for cases where a processor is not running Linux but another

OS/firmware that does not support virtio.

For more details you can have a look at the following link:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-03/msg04492.html 

where you can find the latest RFC patch set for the QEMU code of the virtio SDM

device.

Kernel code is publicly accessible from:

https://git.virtualopensystems.com/dev/qemu-het-tools/tree/sdm_test_virtio_mod_v1/

I am writing to understand how to start the procedure to include this device in

the virtio specification and get a virtio device ID assigned.

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

Best regards,

Christian