Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC v2] libvirt vGPU QEMU integration

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 20/09/2016 16:58, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > > As I've said in my earlier reply - libvirt will *NOT* support passing
> > > arbitrary vendor specific parameters as a blob via the XML. Everything
> > > that appears in the XML must be *fully* specified and explicitly
> > > represented in the XML  as a distinct attribute or element.
> > 
> > Are generic key/value attributes (e.g. a <attribute> element) acceptable?
>
> Only if libvirt has a known list of valid attribute key names upfront.
> We don't want to just blindly expose arbitary vendor specific keys exposed
> by the kernel. Libvirt's job is to ensure the XML representation is vendor
> portable

Ok, then I guess vendor-specific mdev parameters are out completely.  Or
could they be added under a separate namespace, like QEMU passthrough?

Paolo