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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:50:43 -0600
From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Vmchannel PCI device.
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To: Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>, kvm@vger.kernel.org

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
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