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[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] virtio-serial: PCI device for simple host <-> g
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Jan Kiszka |
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[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] virtio-serial: PCI device for simple host <-> guest communication |
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Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:15:25 +0200 |
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Amit Shah wrote:
> This interface presents a char device from which bits can be
> sent and read.
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> Sample uses for such a device can be obtaining info from the
> guest like the file systems used, apps installed, etc. for
> offline usage and logged-in users, clipboard copy-paste, etc.
> for online usage.
Out of curiosity: What is the advantage over instantiating a multiport
16550A PCI card? Will those channels be so performance critical?
Jan
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- [Qemu-devel] [RFC] virtio-serial device, Amit Shah, 2009/06/09
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] pci: add define for communication class devices, Amit Shah, 2009/06/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] virtio-serial: PCI device for simple host <-> guest communication, Richard W.M. Jones, 2009/06/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] virtio-serial: PCI device for simple host <-> guest communication, Stuart Brady, 2009/06/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] virtio-serial: PCI device for simple host <-> guest communication, Anthony Liguori, 2009/06/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] virtio-serial: PCI device for simple host <-> guest communication, Paul Brook, 2009/06/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] virtio-serial: PCI device for simple host <-> guest communication, Amit Shah, 2009/06/10
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] virtio-serial: PCI device for simple host <-> guest communication, Jamie Lokier, 2009/06/10
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] virtio-serial: PCI device for simple host <-> guest communication, Amit Shah, 2009/06/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] virtio-serial: PCI device for simple host <-> guest communication, Jamie Lokier, 2009/06/11