Re: [Qemu-devel] Using virtio for inter-VM communication

[Markus Armbruster]

Henning Schild <address@hidden> writes:

> On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 08:48:04 +0200
> Markus Armbruster <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Vincent JARDIN <address@hidden> 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?