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From: Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>
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To: Joel Uckelman <joel@lightboxtechnologies.com>
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On (Fri) 24 Jun 2011 [12:54:07], Joel Uckelman wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 4:54 AM, Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com> wrote=
:
> >>
> >> I guess this means I need to get networking running on the guest so
> >> that it has a port visible to the host on which my server can listen.
> >> Is there a guide somewhere for doing that? I've not had any success =
in
> >> an afternoon of searching and trying.
> >
> > Can't say I understand what you're trying to accomplish. =A0If you wa=
nt
> > to just pass data between a guest and host w/o networking,
> > virtio-serial is one way of doing it. =A0If you have networking enabl=
ed
> > and the host and guest can talk to each other, TCP or UDP
> > communication will work as usual.
> >
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Amit
>=20
> I have a server which I want to run on the guest, and one or more
> clients which I want to run on the host. So, I need something I can
> bind(2) to on the guest side, and something I can connect(2) to on the
> host side. Is that clearer? Is this possible to do with virtio-serial?

No, not possible.  You could explore using virtio-9pfs with slightly
different semantics.


		Amit