Re: Using virtio for inter-VM communication

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Vincent JARDIN <vincent.jardin@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 10/06/2014 18:48, Henning Schild wrote:> Hi,
>> In a first prototype i implemented a ivshmem[2] device for the
>> hypervisor. That way we can share memory between virtual machines.
>> Ivshmem is nice and simple but does not seem to be used anymore.
>> And it
>> does not define higher level devices, like a console.
>
> FYI, ivhsmem is used here:
>   http://dpdk.org/browse/memnic/tree/
>
> http://dpdk.org/browse/memnic/tree/pmd/pmd_memnic.c#n449
>
> There are some few other references too, if needed.

It may be used, but that doesn't mean it's maintained, or robust against
abuse.  My advice is to steer clear of it.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html




[Index of Archives]     [KVM ARM]     [KVM ia64]     [KVM ppc]     [Virtualization Tools]     [Spice Development]     [Libvirt]     [Libvirt Users]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite Questions]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]     [XFree86]
  Powered by Linux