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Re: [Xen-devel] is a pure usermode backend possible?
| To: | James Harper <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [Xen-devel] is a pure usermode backend possible? |
| From: | Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:06:45 +0000 |
| Cc: | Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Delivery-date: | Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:07:32 -0800 |
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Stefano posted a pure userspace blkback for qemu only yesterday. Apparently it performs very well. -- Keir On 19/11/2010 09:59, "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is there any reason why a purely user mode backend driver could not work > in Dom0? I believe that the xenstore, grant table, and event channel > interfaces all exist so I can't see why not, unless creating nodes under > /local/domain/0/backend might confuse something? > > Assuming it's possible, are there any performance reasons or other > reasons why it might not be a good idea? > > Thanks > > James > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel |
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