Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:53:46 -0600 From: John Nielsen <john@jnielsen.net> To: Bryan Venteicher <bryanv@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org" <freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: virtio-serial available? Message-ID: <7AFC78E9-CE9F-4173-95CF-68CEFE458AD3@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <CAGaYwLcPjeXYe26BHoAw656Je3F=n42Scn6mmZr8rDbRg1RHhQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <1FC1298D-0077-4449-B948-6533812A18AD@jnielsen.net> <CAGaYwLcPjeXYe26BHoAw656Je3F=n42Scn6mmZr8rDbRg1RHhQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Apr 23, 2013, at 6:37 PM, Bryan Venteicher <bryanv@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 6:45 PM, John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> wrote: >> Bryan (or anyone on the list)- >>=20 >> Can you tell me if virtio-serial is available in a FreeBSD guest? Do you k= now of any plans for it? >>=20 >> I'd like to use it for host<->guest communication a la http://log.amitsha= h.net/2010/09/communication-between-guests-and-hosts/. >=20 > I have a desire to implement it, but not sure when I'll get to it. It is b= ehind the needs-to-be committed work I have in projects/virtio [1] and user/= bryanv/vtnetmq [2] branches, and supporting MMIO. >=20 > I hadn't looked yet on how easily the VirtIO serial fits it with how FreeB= SD does things. The VirtIO spec is written with mostly Linux in mind and usu= ally takes varying amounts of extra effort to adapt to FreeBSD. Thanks for the prompt response; I appreciate your efforts. There's an outsid= e chance some developers at $work will be able to contribute, but that would= n't be immediate. JN=
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