From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Cam Macdonell Subject: Re: Questions regarding ivshmem spec Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:15:37 -0600 Message-ID: References: <1314278954.3692.55.camel@lappy> <1314631535.29761.28.camel@sasha> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: David Evensky , Pekka Enberg , qemu-devel , kvm To: Sasha Levin Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1314631535.29761.28.camel@sasha> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+gceq-qemu-devel=gmane.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+gceq-qemu-devel=gmane.org@nongnu.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Sasha Levin wrote: > On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 16:29 +0300, Sasha Levin wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am looking to implement an ivshmem device for KVM tools, the purpose >> is to provide same functionality as QEMU and interoperability with QEMU. > > [snip] > >> 1. File handles and guest IDs are passed between the server and the >> peers using sockets, is the protocol itself documented anywhere? I would >> like to be able to work alongside QEMU servers/peers. > > I'm still wondering if someone could do a quick sketch of the > client-server protocol or possibly point me to something that documents > it? Hi Sasha, I have something like that. I'll be in touch when I find it. Cam > > -- > > Sasha. > > From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:37891) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qy6N2-0006b3-NH for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:15:41 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qy6N1-0001TP-PO for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:15:40 -0400 Received: from mail-gx0-f173.google.com ([209.85.161.173]:38175) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qy6N1-0001TE-MD for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:15:39 -0400 Received: by gxk26 with SMTP id 26so5708902gxk.4 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:15:37 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: camm@ualberta.ca In-Reply-To: <1314631535.29761.28.camel@sasha> References: <1314278954.3692.55.camel@lappy> <1314631535.29761.28.camel@sasha> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:15:37 -0600 Message-ID: From: Cam Macdonell Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Questions regarding ivshmem spec List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Sasha Levin Cc: David Evensky , Pekka Enberg , qemu-devel , kvm On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Sasha Levin wrote: > On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 16:29 +0300, Sasha Levin wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am looking to implement an ivshmem device for KVM tools, the purpose >> is to provide same functionality as QEMU and interoperability with QEMU. > > [snip] > >> 1. File handles and guest IDs are passed between the server and the >> peers using sockets, is the protocol itself documented anywhere? I would >> like to be able to work alongside QEMU servers/peers. > > I'm still wondering if someone could do a quick sketch of the > client-server protocol or possibly point me to something that documents > it? Hi Sasha, I have something like that. I'll be in touch when I find it. Cam > > -- > > Sasha. > >