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Re: [Qemu-devel] [snabb-devel:276] Re: snabbswitch integration with QEMU


From: Julian Stecklina
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [snabb-devel:276] Re: snabbswitch integration with QEMU for userspace ethernet I/O
Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 15:12:02 +0200
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On 05/28/2013 02:48 PM, Luke Gorrie wrote:
> On 28 May 2013 13:53, Michael S. Tsirkin <address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
> 
>     Implementing out of process device logic would absolutely be useful for
>     qemu, for security.
> 
> 
> This sounds wonderful from my perspective. The whole PCI device
> implemented in my process according to the Virtio spec? What would it
> take to make this possible?

AFAICS this can be implemented as a new device in qemu without touching
qemu internals. Except for a way to get file descriptors for guest
memory. I'll give it a shot today and tomorrow and we'll see how far I
get...

Julian




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