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From: Andrew James <andrew.james@hpe.com>
To: "Marc-André Lureau" <mlureau@redhat.com>,
	"Markus Armbruster" <armbru@redhat.com>
Cc: marcandre lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>,
	Claudio Fontana <claudio.fontana@huawei.com>,
	qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] ivshmem property size should be a size, not a string
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 16:29:30 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5653A15A.1010703@hpe.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <243512039.12566588.1448050691647.JavaMail.zimbra@redhat.com>

On 11/20/2015 01:18 PM, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> Hi
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> Hash ivshmem been used in anger?  If yes, how?
>>
>> Still the question to answer.
> 
> I don't expect users to read this ML everyday (anybody actually). Personally, I have no clue how widespread ivshmem usage is.

We (Hewlett Packard Enterprise) are using ivshmem as a part of a project
that is set to go public in the next few days:

https://github.com/FabricAttachedMemory

Sorry for the premature announcement; I wanted to declare our interest
in ivshmem itself. QEMU 2.1 through 2.4.1 have worked well for our use-case.

>>   Why is this a single device model?
> 
> No idea, but I agree it would make sense to have two different devices.

FWIW, I support splitting the device into memdev and doorbell varieties
as long as a compatibility device is available too.


Thanks,
-- 
Andrew James

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-11-23 23:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-11-20 16:07 [Qemu-devel] ivshmem property size should be a size, not a string Markus Armbruster
2015-11-20 16:23 ` Marc-André Lureau
2015-11-20 16:46   ` Eric Blake
2015-11-20 18:06     ` Markus Armbruster
2015-11-20 18:20       ` Marc-André Lureau
2015-11-20 19:39         ` Markus Armbruster
2015-11-20 20:18           ` Marc-André Lureau
2015-11-23 10:19             ` Markus Armbruster
2015-11-23 12:15               ` Marc-André Lureau
2015-11-23 13:25                 ` Markus Armbruster
2015-11-23 13:48                   ` Marc-André Lureau
2015-11-23 14:08                     ` Markus Armbruster
2015-11-23 14:16                       ` Marc-André Lureau
2015-11-23 14:46                         ` Markus Armbruster
2015-11-23 14:53                           ` Marc-André Lureau
2015-11-23 15:17                             ` Markus Armbruster
2015-11-23 19:52                           ` Eric Blake
2015-11-23 20:19                             ` Marc-André Lureau
2015-11-24  9:56                               ` Markus Armbruster
2015-11-24 12:23                                 ` Marc-André Lureau
2015-11-24 13:50                                   ` Markus Armbruster
2015-11-24 14:23                                     ` Marc-André Lureau
2015-11-24 15:12                                       ` Markus Armbruster
2015-11-23 18:22               ` Markus Armbruster
2015-11-23 23:29             ` Andrew James [this message]
2015-11-24  9:52               ` Markus Armbruster
2015-11-23 20:57 ` Bruce Rogers

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