Re: [Qemu-devel] TCP based PCIE request forwarding

[Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 02:05:29PM +0100, lementec fabien wrote:
> Actually, I wanted to be independant of the QEMU event loop. Plus,
> some proprietary simulation environment provides a closed socket
> based interface to 'stimulate' the emulated device, at the PCIE level
> for instance. These environments are sometimes installed on cluster
> not running QEMU. The socket based approach fits quite well.
> 
> Not knowing about QEMU internals, I spent some hours trying to find
> out the best way to plug into QEMU, and did not find ivhsmem appropriate.
> Honestly, I wanted to have a working solution asap, and it did not take
> long before I opted for the socket based approach. Now that it is working,
> I can take time to reconsider stuffs according to others need, and ideally
> an integration to QEMU.

I suggest writing up a spec for the socket protocol.  It can be put in
docs/specs/ (like the ivshmem spec).

This is both a good way to increase discussion and important for others
who may wish to make use of this feature.

Stefan