[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] Guest to Host communication
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 01:18:56PM +0000, Paul Durrant wrote: > > -----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? We were thinking of simply attaching a device. For example, add a SSD disk in DomU which is backed in Dom0 by a file. Is this possible? > > Paul -- Jose Antonio Lopes Ganeti Engineering Google Germany GmbH Dienerstr. 12, 80331, München Registergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891 Sitz der Gesellschaft: Hamburg Geschäftsführer: Graham Law, Christine Elizabeth Flores Steuernummer: 48/725/00206 Umsatzsteueridentifikationsnummer: DE813741370 _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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