RE: KVM_HYPERCALL

2009-05-18 Thread Kumar, Venkat
] Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 1:56 AM To: Kumar, Venkat Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: KVM_HYPERCALL Kumar, Venkat wrote: I am making a hypercall kvm_hypercall0 with number 0 from a Linux guest. But I don't see the control coming to handle_vmcall or even kvm_handle_exit. What could

RE: [PATCH v2] Shared memory device with interrupt support

2009-05-18 Thread Kumar, Venkat
, May 16, 2009 9:01 AM To: Kumar, Venkat Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org list Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Shared memory device with interrupt support On 15-May-09, at 8:54 PM, Kumar, Venkat wrote: Cam, A questions on interrupts as well. What is unix:path that needs to be passed in the argument list? Can

RE: KVM_HYPERCALL

2009-05-18 Thread Kumar, Venkat
Ok. With KVM-85 it works. I was using KVM-84 earlier. Thx, Venkat -Original Message- From: Avi Kivity [mailto:a...@redhat.com] Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 5:03 PM To: Kumar, Venkat Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: KVM_HYPERCALL Kumar, Venkat wrote: Hi Avi - Yes the control

RE: [PATCH v2] Shared memory device with interrupt support

2009-05-18 Thread Kumar, Venkat
I had tried all syntaxes other than this :). Interrupts work now. Thx, Venkat -Original Message- From: Cam Macdonell [mailto:c...@cs.ualberta.ca] Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 9:51 PM To: Kumar, Venkat Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org list Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Shared memory device with interrupt

RE: [PATCH v2] Shared memory device with interrupt support

2009-05-15 Thread Kumar, Venkat
Hi Cam, I have gone through you latest shared memory patch. I have a few questions and comments. Comment:- +if (ivshmem_enabled) { +ivshmem_init(ivshmem_device); +ram_size += ivshmem_get_size(); +} + In your initial patch this part of the patch is +if

KVM_HYPERCALL

2009-05-13 Thread Kumar, Venkat
I am making a hypercall kvm_hypercall0 with number 0 from a Linux guest. But I don't see the control coming to handle_vmcall or even kvm_handle_exit. What could be the reason? Thx, Venkat -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe kvm in the body of a message to

Allocating Extra Memory To Guest

2009-05-06 Thread Kumar, Venkat
Hi, 1. How should we allocate extra memory to guest other than memory allocated through qemu_alloc_physram?? 2. How to register the extra allocated memory with KVM? I have tried to allocate an extra one page to Guest but couldn't succeed; probably somebody had already done this exercise. 1.

FW: Notification from Qemu to Guest

2009-04-28 Thread Kumar, Venkat
Hi Avi - Probably you can answer this question? Thx, Venkat -Original Message- From: kvm-ow...@vger.kernel.org [mailto:kvm-ow...@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Kumar, Venkat Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 4:16 PM To: kvm@vger.kernel.org Subject: Notification from Qemu to Guest I have

Notification from Qemu to Guest

2009-04-28 Thread Kumar, Venkat
I have emulated a PCI device on Qemu and hooked my sample/simple driver to that virtio device on the guest. I am testing the notification from Guest-Qemu and vice-versa. I am able to notify from Guest to Qemu but Qemu-Guest notification is not happening. As a part of Kick routine in my guest

RE: FW: Notification from Qemu to Guest

2009-04-28 Thread Kumar, Venkat
Hi Anthony - My questions and Comments are in line. Thx, Venkat -Original Message- From: Anthony Liguori [mailto:anth...@codemonkey.ws] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 8:41 PM To: Avi Kivity Cc: Kumar, Venkat; kvm@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: FW: Notification from Qemu to Guest Avi

Virtio Queries

2009-04-09 Thread Kumar, Venkat
Hi, I am a few questions on Virtio, Hope somebody clarifies them 1. What is the address type that is put inside the vring descriptor in the virt queue while placing a request? Is it the guest virtual address or guest physical address? 2. If it is Guest physical address, how qemu converts it to

RE: Mapping a virtual block device on the guest

2009-04-07 Thread Kumar, Venkat
Of Kumar, Venkat Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 3:52 PM To: kvm@vger.kernel.org Subject: Mapping a virtual block device on the guest I understand that the option -drive file=/dev/path/to/host/device,if=virtio would map the device given in the file parameter as a virtual block device on the guest. Can

Qemu process in Guest

2009-04-02 Thread Kumar, Venkat
1. How does Qemu process start running in Guest? 2. How does a guest's I/O request get trapped into the user mode qemu process? Thx, Venkat -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe kvm in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at

Inter VM Communication

2009-03-24 Thread Kumar, Venkat
Just like how Xen has Xenbus, Emulated Platform-PCI device and Events for Inter VM communication, Does KVM has any mechanism for Inter VM communication? How to share a page between two virtual machines running on KVM? Thx, Venkat -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe kvm