From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: [announce] KVM/NET, paravirtual network device Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:38:51 +0100 Message-ID: <20070111013851.GA11324@elte.hu> References: <20070111001010.GA28779@elte.hu> <1168478834.19646.230.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel Return-path: To: Rusty Russell Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1168478834.19646.230.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org * Rusty Russell wrote: > On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 01:10 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > here's a quick update wrt. the KVM paravirtualization work: i'm > > currently working on KVM/NET, which is a Linux<->Linux virtual network > > device driver between the KVM host and the KVM guest. It uses the new > > KVM-paravirtualization infrastructure that i've sent to this list > > yesterday. > > > > while the code is still a prototype, it's working already and here are > > some early TCP bandwidth (bw_tcp from guest to host) performance results > > which i'm sure you'll enjoy: > > I assume you use kernel support in the host as well? This is exactly > the code we should share, IMHO; Xen already has such a thing, and I'd > prefer not to have three implementations in the kernel.... > > Patches? no patches yet - it's still prototype. I hope to have something to look at tomorrow-ish. With lhype sharing ought to be possible, while Xen's model is quite different. I agree that we dont want 3 implementations in the kernel ... Ingo ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV