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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/9] Xen Share: Simplified I/O Mechanism

To: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/9] Xen Share: Simplified I/O Mechanism
From: Harry Butterworth <harry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 15:47:29 +0100
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On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 15:35 +1000, Rusty Russell wrote:
> This introduces a page "share" mechanism to xen: an alternative to
> both cross-domain binding of event channels, and grant tables.

Why do you think an alternative to event channels and grant tables is
needed?

Personally, I think there is a need for a more convenient _high-level_
API that more directly meets the split-drivers' requirements for
inter-domain messaging and bulk data transfer but this seems to me to be
another low-level API and doesn't seem significantly more convenient to
use than grant-tables and event-channels.

Is the n>2-way sharing feature the only benefit over grant-tables or do
you think there are other benefits to your approach?



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