Unifying KVM API for protected VM and utilities

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Proposes adding VFIO-side region fragments so a portion of a device BAR gets a separate mapping with different attributes, driven by customer demand for low‑latency DPDK-style message buffers; plans RFC patches to expose this and validation hooks, with an option to unmap the original BAR fragment or map whole BARs instead. Notes architecture differences (x86 MTRRs/PAT, ARM behavior), risks around speculative reads and cacheability, and asks Intel/AMD/ARM sign‑off before relaxing guest restrictions.

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1. 0:00Introduction and background
2. 1:05Proposed solution for VFIO regions
3. 3:35Use case and adapter specifics
4. 5:23Challenges and open questions
5. 8:12Guest and host mapping complexities
6. 10:20Historical KVM restrictions
7. 12:05Next steps and RFC patches

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