Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 12:49:02 +0200
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>, Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@arm.com>,
        virtio-dev@lists.oasis-open.org, Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
        virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/6] virtio_balloon: transitional interface
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On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 12:35:45PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> Virtio 1.0 doesn't include a modern balloon device.
> But it's not a big change to support a transitional
> balloon device: this has the advantage of supporting
> existing drivers, transparently.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h | 11 ++++++++--
>  drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c     | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

So all in all 32 LOC added, and 9 out of these
deal with endian-ness differences.

Seems like a small cost for guests to pay for a clean spec, no?

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