--- drivers/virtio/Makefile | 3 +++ include/linux/virtio.h | 16 ++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -r e3f6ccf3413c drivers/virtio/Makefile --- a/drivers/virtio/Makefile Thu Jan 03 12:00:47 2008 +1100 +++ b/drivers/virtio/Makefile Thu Jan 03 15:22:24 2008 +1100 @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO) += virtio.o obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO) += virtio.o obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_RING) += virtio_ring.o obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI) += virtio_pci.o + +doc: + @sh ../../Documentation/lguest/extract V `find ../../* -name '*.[chS]' -wholename '*virtio*'` diff -r e3f6ccf3413c include/linux/virtio.h --- a/include/linux/virtio.h Thu Jan 03 12:00:47 2008 +1100 +++ b/include/linux/virtio.h Thu Jan 03 15:22:24 2008 +1100 @@ -1,7 +1,19 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_VIRTIO_H #define _LINUX_VIRTIO_H -/* Everything a virtio driver needs to work with any particular virtio - * implementation. */ +/*V:000 + * Virtio: A Maze of Twisty Abstractions, All Layered. + * + * As of 2.6.23 there are at least 5 virtual network drivers in the tree: qeth + * (S/390), vio (iSeries), ibmveth (PPC iSeries and pSeries), xen-netfront + * (Xen) and lguest_net (lguest). There are as many virtual block and console + * drivers, and with virtualization being the new shiny, it's only going to get + * worse. + * + * Convincing all these players to adopt a single virtual I/O mechanism is a + * big task. But we can start by providing a common API in Linux so they can + * share optimized drivers, and hopefully work our way towards more sharing in + * future. +:*/ #include #include #include