Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU: Discussion of separating core functionality vs supportive features

[Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>]

On 03/02/11 14:49, Michael Roth wrote:
> On 03/02/2011 07:18 AM, Jes Sorensen wrote:
>> I think we need two types for sure, even for the video case, we will
>> still need a control channel as well. However, I don't think it is
>> desirable to split things up more than we have to, so if we can keep it
>> within one client process that is good. Maybe there are cases where it
>> makes sense to split it into more processes, I could be convinced, but I
>> think we really need to be careful making it too much of a complex mess
>> either.
> 
> Yup, if it's doable I'd prefer a single client process as well. Just
> hard to predict how difficult it'll be to support 2 or more mechanisms.
> Although, I'd imagine we'd end up with something like qemu's io loop,
> with event-driven shmem and fd-based work, which does seem doable.

That is pretty much what I had in mind. Will have to see how it works
out, but I think it is very feasible :)

Cheers,
Jes