Wink Saville wrote:
>>
>> Most paravirtual devices use atomic operations (or even just raw memory
>> accesses and memory barriers), which don't need any special
>> infrastructure. This effectively makes them message-passing protocols
>> rather than shared memory protocol. I can't see offhand why
>
> The emulated block devices already have "shared memory" with the guest
> in the form of DMA since the guest's physical memory is mapped in the
> host's va space.
>
> An interesting PoC may be something akin to XenSocket. See
> http://www.xensource.com/files/xensummit_4/SuzanneMcIntosh_XenSummi
>
> Most paravirtual devices use atomic operations (or even just raw memory
> accesses and memory barriers), which don't need any special
> infrastructure. This effectively makes them message-passing protocols
> rather than shared memory protocol. I can't see offhand why sharing
> data structures
On 5/7/07, Dor Laor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The KVM has an unmerged PV block device developed by Arjan van de Ven,
> he might be interested.
I would be very interested to see it, where is it if its "unmerged"? I'm sorry
but I'm new to this list.
>
> >
> >Any suggestions and additional comm
Dor Laor wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've posted patches for two features, kernel shared memory and Atomic
>>
> Code
>
>> Execution, which I believe can be used to implement para-virtualized
>> devices.
>> Could someone recommend a device that might make a good proof
>> of concept? I was thinkin
Wink Saville wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've posted patches for two features, kernel shared memory and Atomic Code
> Execution, which I believe can be used to implement para-virtualized devices.
> Could someone recommend a device that might make a good proof
> of concept? I was thinking may be a block dev
>Hello,
>
>I've posted patches for two features, kernel shared memory and Atomic
Code
>Execution, which I believe can be used to implement para-virtualized
>devices.
>Could someone recommend a device that might make a good proof
>of concept? I was thinking may be a block device.
The KVM has an unm
Hello,
I've posted patches for two features, kernel shared memory and Atomic Code
Execution, which I believe can be used to implement para-virtualized devices.
Could someone recommend a device that might make a good proof
of concept? I was thinking may be a block device.
Any suggestions and addit