scott.kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > I am new to this mailing list, so please let me know if I am in the > wrong place or asking questions in a way I shouldn't. > Here is fine. virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is also a good place since virtio is not kvm specific. > I was wondering if anyone had thought about creating a virtio file > system, rather than using a block device and hence a single file on > the host OS as the virtio block device already does, but map file > system calls on the guest OS to file system calls on the host OS > through the virtio interface. In this way the Guest OS could share > files with the Host OS without needing to use Samba, which from my > current experiences is rather slow. There was some work using the plan 9 filesystem protocol over virtio. Not sure where that stands. You could base your work off that. > > I have started to play with the idea a little myself, but my biggest > problem is that I have no clue how to write filesystem drives in my > Guest OS, Window XP, or even if it is possible to get a Windows > FileSystem driver to talk directly to a PCI device, or if some kind of > dummy block device would be needed. > It ought to be possible; the Windows smb stack works without a block device. > My host OS is Linux, Guest OS is Windows XP. Maybe I should start > with a Linux/Linux setup and get that working first ? That's definitely a good idea. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
