Re: sharing file between running domU (windowxp) and dom0

[Pradeep Singh <rautelap@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 14:41:59 +0000
Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote:

[snip]
> > XenFS looks like an interesting prospect.Shared memory instead of
> > network perhaps will mean better speed.
> 
> That's the idea, both because you're cutting out the overhead of
> simulating a network (and all the protocol processing) and because it
> exposes more knowledge about the underlying system - which could
> enable more optimisations (such as sharing the same cached filesystem
> data between multiple domains).

Sounds good.
Good luck and thanks for your time.
Will try to get to XenFS source sooner or later :).

Cheers,
	Pradeep
> 
> > Any repository where i can have 
> > a look at its source?
> 
> http://xenbits.xensource.com/maw/xenfs.hg
> 
> But the code in there is very buggy and nasty ;-)  It might hurt your
> brain! There are loads of flaws in it.
> 
> > Can i employ it on my Xen machine or is it still 
> > under development?
> 
> It's definitely not ready for deployment.  It's incomplete and buggy,
> although it's still under development so maybe one day it'll be
> usable!
> 
> > Thanks for explaining things lucidly and for your patience.
> 
> No problem!
> 
> Cheers,
> Mark
> 


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