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From: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] vmchannel a data channel between host and guest.
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:42:12 +0200
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Andrew,

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 07:18:52AM -0700, Andrew Biggadike wrote:
> Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > Of course, you should also take a look at VMware's VMCI.  If we're going
> > > to have a socket interface, if we can have a compatible userspace
> > > interface, that would probably be a good thing.
> >
> > I looked at what I could find about VMCI (http://pubs.vmware.com/vmci-sdk/index.html).
> 
> I believe Anthony intended for you to look at the sockets interface to
> VMCI: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/ws65_s2_vmci_sockets.pdf.
> 
Using VMCI socket requires loading kernel module in a guest and in a host.
Is this correct?

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			Gleb.