Henning Schild <henning.schild@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 08:48:04 +0200 > Markus Armbruster <armbru@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> 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. > > Could you elaborate on why you advice against it? _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
