From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sasha Levin Subject: Re: Questions regarding ivshmem spec Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:25:35 +0300 Message-ID: <1314631535.29761.28.camel@sasha> References: <1314278954.3692.55.camel@lappy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm , qemu-devel , David Evensky , Pekka Enberg To: cam Return-path: Received: from mail-wy0-f174.google.com ([74.125.82.174]:42957 "EHLO mail-wy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753822Ab1H2PZl (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:25:41 -0400 Received: by wyg24 with SMTP id 24so4158145wyg.19 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:25:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1314278954.3692.55.camel@lappy> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 16:29 +0300, Sasha Levin wrote: > Hello, > > I am looking to implement an ivshmem device for KVM tools, the purpose > is to provide same functionality as QEMU and interoperability with QEMU. [snip] > 1. File handles and guest IDs are passed between the server and the > peers using sockets, is the protocol itself documented anywhere? I would > like to be able to work alongside QEMU servers/peers. I'm still wondering if someone could do a quick sketch of the client-server protocol or possibly point me to something that documents it? -- Sasha.