Dom Rodriguez <shymega@shymega.org.uk> writes:

> On 28.09.2024 16:27, Alyssa Ross wrote:
>>
>>You're right!  I've just spent the last little while looking around
>>trying to figure out what's up here, and I think I've figured it out.
>>
>>In this commit[1] they made the vhost-user-fs tag optional, because it
>>can now be set with virtiosfd instead of the VMM.  This is probably
>>good, because the more generic vhost-user becomes, the more hope
>>Spectrum has of one day not needing Cloud Hypervisor patches. :)  So we
>>could try using --vhost-user fs for crosvm, and then passing --tag to
>>virtiofsd, but it'd need to be tested with VMM=qemu and
>>VMM=cloud-hypervisor as well, because I'm not sure whether they support
>>a backend-provided tag.
>
> Oh, that explains *a lot*! I agree, a generic approach would be
> preferable.
>
>>If that's too much work, I'd also be happy to apply just the GPU part of
>>this patch.  Just let me know. :)
>
> I've started a new job, and so I've only really got weekends free - and
> even then, I have Repair Cafes to volunteer at. 
>
> If I send over the GPU patch only, can you apply that, and then we can
> discuss on Matrix/IRC the best approach for `vhost-user-fs`? Feel free
> to tag me - I'm mostly using IRC rightn ow.

SGTM.