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* [Qemu-devel] Multiple Port Support for virtio-console
@ 2009-09-09  8:11 Amit Shah
  2009-09-09  8:12 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] virtio_console: Add support for multiple ports for generic guest and host communication Amit Shah
  2009-09-10 11:57 ` [Qemu-devel] Re: Multiple Port Support for virtio-console Amit Shah
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Amit Shah @ 2009-09-09  8:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: qemu-devel, kvm, virtualization


Hello all,

Here is a new iteration of the patch series that implements a
transport for guest and host communications.

I've tested for compatibility (old qemu & new kernel, new qemu & old
kernel, new qemu & new kernel) and it all works fine*. Migration works
with the patch Juan just posted.

There are a few items on my todo list but this works well.

New since last send:
- migrate per-port buffers that are queued up
- in-qemu api for open/close/read/write of ports.
  - the read() is a callback that's invoked when complete data
    corresponding to one write() request on the guest is available.
- removed comments from virtio_console.c that are no longer relevant.
- address review comments by Juan

TODO:
- Convert all config writes to little endian in qemu / convert from
  little endian to host endian in guest
- Address a few FIXMEs spread in the code
- Introduce a watermark to stop a rogue host process flooding guest
  with data

Conditions:
* Heavy IO on an hvc port and a non-hvc port causes memory corruption
  each time, same place. It could be realted to locking but I doubt
  that. This still has to be sorted out

Please review.
	Amit

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* [Qemu-devel] Multiple port support for virtio-console
@ 2009-09-22 16:23 Amit Shah
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Amit Shah @ 2009-09-22 16:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: qemu-devel


Hello,

This patch series converts virtio-console to qdev, adds a new
virtio-console bus and spawns new ports as devices on the bus.

A few regressions have been introduced (old kernel / new userspace
doesn't work), I'll be looking at that and other issues.

Posting this just to show the approach taken for the new bus.

		Amit

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* [Qemu-devel] Multiple port support for virtio-console
@ 2009-09-03 12:53 Amit Shah
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Amit Shah @ 2009-09-03 12:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: qemu-devel, virtualization, kvm

Hello all,

Here is a new iteration of the patch series that implements a
transport for guest and host communications.

I've tested for compatibility (old qemu & new kernel, new qemu & old
kernel, new qemu & new kernel) and it all works fine*.

There are a few items on my todo list but this works well.

New since last send:
- live migration support**
- write path in the guest driver can now be called from irq context

TODO:
- Convert all config writes to little endian in qemu / convert from
little endian to host endian in guest
- Address a few FIXMEs spread in the code
- Introduce a watermark to stop a rogue host process flooding guest
with data

Conditions:
* Heavy IO on an hvc port and a non-hvc port causes memory corruption
  each time, same place. It could be realted to locking but I doubt
  that. This still has to be sorted out

** qemu now caches buffers till a char device is opened or till an
   entire write request is not received in userspace. These buffers
   aren't yet migrated.

Please review.
	Amit

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2009-09-09  8:11 [Qemu-devel] Multiple Port Support for virtio-console Amit Shah
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2009-09-09  8:12   ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] char: Emit 'OPENED' events on char device open Amit Shah
2009-09-09  8:12     ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/5] virtio-console: Add support for multiple ports for generic guest-host communication Amit Shah
2009-09-09  8:12       ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/5] virtio-console: in-qemu api for open/read/write/close ports Amit Shah
2009-09-09  8:12         ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/5] vnc: add a is_vnc_active() helper Amit Shah
2009-09-09  8:12           ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 5/5] vnc: Send / receive guest clipboard if virtio-console connected to clipboard port Amit Shah
2009-09-10 11:57 ` [Qemu-devel] Re: Multiple Port Support for virtio-console Amit Shah
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2009-09-22 16:23 [Qemu-devel] Multiple port support " Amit Shah
2009-09-03 12:53 Amit Shah

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