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Re: [Qemu-devel] Towards an ivshmem 2.0?
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Stefan Hajnoczi |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] Towards an ivshmem 2.0? |
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Mon, 16 Jan 2017 14:18:55 +0000 |
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On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 09:36:51AM +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> some of you may know that we are using a shared memory device similar to
> ivshmem in the partitioning hypervisor Jailhouse [1].
>
> We started as being compatible to the original ivshmem that QEMU
> implements, but we quickly deviated in some details, and in the recent
> months even more. Some of the deviations are related to making the
> implementation simpler. The new ivshmem takes <500 LoC - Jailhouse is
> aiming at safety critical systems and, therefore, a small code base.
> Other changes address deficits in the original design, like missing
> life-cycle management.
My first thought is "what about virtio?". Can you share some background
on why ivshmem fits the use case better than virtio?
The reason I ask is because the ivshmem devices you define would have
parallels to existing virtio devices and this could lead to duplication.
Stefan
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- Re: [Qemu-devel] Towards an ivshmem 2.0?, (continued)
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- Re: [Qemu-devel] Towards an ivshmem 2.0?, Jan Kiszka, 2017/01/17
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