From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Cam Macdonell Subject: Re: sharing memory Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:03:08 -0600 Message-ID: <46DDB9FC.4030408@cs.ualberta.ca> References: <001201c7ee22$8bde5110$1401010a@FRANCESCOFISSO> <64F9B87B6B770947A9F8391472E032160D706627@ehost011-8.exch011.intermedia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, Francesco Cipollone To: Dor Laor Return-path: In-Reply-To: <64F9B87B6B770947A9F8391472E032160D706627-yEcIvxbTEBqsx+V+t5oei8rau4O3wl8o3fe8/T/H7NteoWH0uzbU5w@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 Dor Laor wrote: > You have the following options: > > 1. A plain tcp/ip from guest to host (you probably considered that ahh) > 2. We have a virtual device in qemu called vmchannel it is visible as > pci device in the guest. > > Currently they communicate using port io, it will soon change to > virtio interace (shared memry). > > It is goo for guest-host communication. > Hi Dor, How is VMChannel setup to be used? Does it require using the KVM kernel in the guest or is there a less intrusive way to use it? Thanks, Cam ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/