Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Vmchannel PCI device.

Paul Brook
2008-12-15T00:41:47Z

On Sunday 14 December 2008, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> There is a need for communication channel between host and various
> agents that are running inside a VM guest. The channel will be used
> for statistic gathering, logging, cut & paste, host screen resolution
> changes notification, guest configuration etc.

I thin the description you're looking for is "serial port" :-)

> The patch implements separate PCI device for this type of communication.
> To create a channel "-vmchannel channel:dev" option should be specified
> on qemu commmand line during VM launch.

Needs documentation.

Paul