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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:14:04 +0930 From: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> To: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com> Cc: Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio_console: Add support for multiple ports for generic guest and host communication On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:30:10 am Alan Cox wrote: > > The interface presented to guest userspace is of a simple char > > device, so it can be used like this: > > > > fd = open("/dev/vcon2", O_RDWR); > > ret = read(fd, buf, 100); > > ret = write(fd, string, strlen(string)); > > > > Each port is to be assigned a unique function, for example, the > > first 4 ports may be reserved for libvirt usage, the next 4 for > > generic streaming data and so on. This port-function mapping > > isn't finalised yet. > > Unless I am missing something this looks completely bonkers > > Every time we have a table of numbers for functionality it ends in > tears. We have to keep tables up to date and managed, we have to > administer the magical number to name space. The number comes from the ABI; we need some identifier for the different ports. Amit started using names, and I said "just use numbers"; they have to be documented and agreed by all clients anyway. ie. the host says "here's a port id 7", which might be the cut & paste port or whatever. Cheers, Rusty. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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