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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG
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Ian Molton |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG |
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Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:28:37 +0100 |
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Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> Im not sure I agree there... surely there are other things which would
>> benefit from generic socket reconnection support (virtio-rng cant be the
>> only driver that might want to rely on a reliable source of data via a
>> socket in a server-farm type situation?)
>
> Usually qemu takes the server part, i.e. for serial ports you usually do
> '-serial telnet::$port,server,nowait', then 'telnet $host $port' to
> connect to your virtual serial line. When the connection drops, just
> re-run telnet.
>
> In my usage of qemu I didn't came across a use case which needs qemu
> reconnecting yet.
You're comparing apples with oranges :-)
That example is the opposite of whats happening in my case - qemu must
act as a client in order to connect to an EGD daemon. There is not other
choice. I'm sure one could come up with any number of cases where qemu
as a client might want to reconnect to the host.
Seriously, if virtio-rng is the only thing on qemu that acts as a socket
*client* I'd be amazed.
And really, is having the ability to reconnect to a service so terrible?
-Ian
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Gerd Hoffmann, 2010/04/21
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Jamie Lokier, 2010/04/21
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Ian Molton, 2010/04/21
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Gerd Hoffmann, 2010/04/21
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Ian Molton, 2010/04/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Jamie Lokier, 2010/04/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Ian Molton, 2010/04/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Jamie Lokier, 2010/04/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Ian Molton, 2010/04/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Gerd Hoffmann, 2010/04/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG,
Ian Molton <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Gerd Hoffmann, 2010/04/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Ian Molton, 2010/04/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Jamie Lokier, 2010/04/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Ian Molton, 2010/04/24
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Ian Molton, 2010/04/02
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] VirtIO RNG, Ian Molton, 2010/04/02