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-# SPDK virtio bdev module
-
-This directory contains an experimental SPDK virtio bdev module.
-It currently supports very basic read/write operations for
-virtio-scsi drive. Currently it will only work with a single
-target with a single LUN.
-
-It supports two different usage models:
-* PCI - This is the standard mode of operation when used in a guest virtual
-machine, where QEMU has presented the virtio-scsi controller as a virtual
-PCI device.  The virtio-scsi controller might be implemented in the host OS
-by SPDK vhost-scsi. Kernel/QEMU vhost-scsi are not supported yet.
-* User vhost - Can be used to connect to an SPDK vhost-scsi target running on
-the same host.
-
-Note that 1GB hugepages is pretty much required to use this driver in
-user-vhost mode.  vhost protocol requires passing a file descriptor for
-each region of memory being shared with the vhost target.  Since DPDK opens
-every huge page explicitly, it is fairly limited on how many file descriptors
-it can pass due to the VHOST_MEMORY_MAX_NREGIONS limit of 8.
-
-Use the following configuration file snippet to enumerate a virtio-scsi PCI
-device and present its LUNs as bdevs.
-
-~~~{.sh}
-[VirtioPci]
-  Enable Yes
-~~~
-
-Use the following configuration file snippet to enumerate an SPDK vhost-scsi
-controller and present its LUNs as bdevs.  In this case, the SPDK vhost-scsi
-target has created an SPDK vhost-scsi controller which is accessible through
-the /tmp/vhost.0 domain socket.
-
-~~~{.sh}
-[VirtioUser0]
-  Path /tmp/vhost.0
-~~~
-
-## Todo:
-* Add I/O channel support.  Includes requesting correct number of queues
-  (based on core count).  Fail device initialization if not enough queues
-  can be allocated.
-* Add RPCs.
-* Break out the "rte_virtio" code into a separate library that is not
-  linked directly to the bdev module.  This would allow that part of the
-  code to potentially get used and tested outside of the SPDK bdev framework.
-* Check for allocation failures in bdev_virtio.c code.
-* Add SPDK_TRACELOGs.
-* Add virtio-blk support.  This will require some rework in the core
-  virtio code (in the rte_virtio subdirectory) to allow for multiple
-  device types.
-* Bottom out on whether we should have one virtio driver to cover both
-  scsi and blk.  If these should be separate, then this driver should be
-  renamed to something scsi specific.
-* Add reset support.
-* Understand and handle queue full conditions.
-* Automated test scripts for both PCI and vhost-user scenarios.
-* Document Virtio config file section in examples.  Should wait on this until
-  enough of the above items are implemented to consider this module as ready
-  for more general use.
-* Specify the name of the bdev in the config file (and RPC) - currently we
-  just hardcode a single bdev name "Virtio0".