Re: [PATCH] kvm tools: adds a PCI device that exports a host shared segment as a PCI BAR in the guest

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On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 23:52 -0500, Alexander Graf wrote:
> > Isn't ivshmem in QEMU? If so, then I don't think there isn't any
> > competition. How do you feel that these are competing?
> 
> Well, it means that you will inside the guest have two different
> devices depending whether you're using QEMU or kvm-tool. I don't see
> the point in exposing different devices to the guest just because of
> NIH. Why should a guest care which device emulation framework you're
> using?

It's a pretty special-purpose device that requires user configuration so
I don't consider QEMU compatibility to be mandatory. It'd be nice to
have but not something to bend over backwards for.

			Pekka

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