Re: [Xen-devel] Guest to Host communication

[Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jose A. Lopes [mailto:jabolopes@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 22 October 2013 13:49
> To: Paul Durrant
> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Guest to Host communication
> 
> Hi,
> 
> If I understood correctly, Xenstore requires writing a driver and
> loading it inside the VM.  Is this correct?
> 

Well, yes you'll need some code in the guest, but drivers already exist for 
linux and windows so you could just use them.

> If so, then it seems this approach would require writing different
> drivers for different OSes, such as, Linux and Windows.  Currently, we
> are just exploring different design options and we would like to aim
> at a uniform approach across different OSes. Is there an option like that ?
> 

What option do you expect that doesn't involve writing at least some code for 
each OS you want to use?

  Paul

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