On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 07:11:40PM +0900, David Stevens wrote: > > But there also is "unix socket", or maybe a somewhat broader "stream", > > which would be another feature flag I guess because virtio-ipc would > > just tunnel the stream without the help from other devices. > > Can you elaborate on what you mean by this? I can envision how > virtio-ipc would be a generic mechanism for passing data+virtio > resources, including any new types of resources it itself defines. > However, if "unix sockets" or a generic "stream" expands beyond > virtio, that seems too broad, with too many edge cases to be feasible > to implement.
As far I know this is exactly what virtio-wayland does today if you try to pass a unix socket file descriptor to the other side, so I assume this functionality is needed ... cheers, Gerd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: virtio-dev-unsubscr...@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: virtio-dev-h...@lists.oasis-open.org
