Re: [PATCH] AF_VMCHANNEL address family for guest<->host communication.

David Miller
2008-12-15T23:10:43Z

From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:01:14 -0600

> No, TCP falls under the not simple category because it requires the
> backend to have access to a TCP/IP stack.

I'm at a loss for words if you need TCP in the hypervisor, if that's
what you're implying here.

You only need it in the guest and the host, which you already have,
in the Linux kernel. Just transport that over virtio or whatever
and be done with it.