In order to develop open source CXL ecosystem software it has proven useful to emulate CXL features within the QEMU project. In this talk, I will introduce the current major CXL features that QEMU can emulate and walk you through how to set up a Linux + QEMU CXL environment that will enable testing and developing new CXL features. In addition, I will highlight some of the limitations of QEMU CXL emulation.
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This session will give a brief overview of CXL and its evolution and then focus on possible use cases for storage.
CXL is intended to interface to a wide variety of devices including memory and accelerators.
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September 16-18, 2024
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