Re: [Qemu-devel] How to test vm channel with windows guest

[Michael Roth <mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On 05/02/2011 08:19 AM, SAURAV LAHIRI wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We have established a communication channel between a ubuntu 10.04 host
> and a windows xp guest using vm channel.
>
> At the host end we have used a unix socket. Below is the libvirt related
> config
>
> ===========================================================
> <channel type='unix'>
> <source mode='bind' path='/tmp/guestfs' />
> <target type='virtio' name='org.windows-kvm.port.1'/>
> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0'/>
> </channel>
> ===========================================================
>
> To test if the channel has been successfully created or not we run the
> "vioser_test" at the guest and. At the host end we run "socat
> /tmp/guestfs -".
>
> We find that while the guest is able to send commands to the host, it
> does not work from the host to the guest end.
>
> Is the source code for vioser_test available for reference. Also is
> there any reference documents to write agents like vioser_test utility.

I'm not familiar with this vioser_test utility, is it part of the virtio 
driver package for windows? If so the source code is available here:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/kvm-guest-drivers-windows.git

Amit's virtio-serial test suite is also available for reference:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/VirtioSerial#How_To_Test

I'm not sure how applicable it is for windows though.

>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> sl
>
>