From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anthony Liguori Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Vmchannel PCI device. Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:50:43 -0600 Message-ID: <4945B7F3.1060700@codemonkey.ws> References: <20081214115027.4028.56164.stgit@dhcp-1-237.tlv.redhat.com> <200812150041.43298.paul@codesourcery.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Gleb Natapov , kvm@vger.kernel.org To: Paul Brook Return-path: Received: from an-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.132.251]:37202 "EHLO an-out-0708.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751049AbYLOBut (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:50:49 -0500 Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id d40so1022070and.1 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:50:48 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <200812150041.43298.paul@codesourcery.com> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Paul Brook wrote: > 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" :-) > Gee, that sounds awfully familiar ;-) Regards, Anthony Liguori >> 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 > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >