Re: [vbox-dev] host calling into vm for async I/O?

2008-07-15 Thread Sander van Leeuwen
Let me clarify this a bit more on the blocking case. Inside the guest you need to create a (kernel) thread that calls the host HGCM service and waits for an answer, which it will get when the host service detects a directory change. As the host service is single threaded, you need to create a

Re: [vbox-dev] host calling into vm for async I/O?

2008-07-15 Thread Huihong Luo
Sander,   Thanks, I understand it. For each vm system thread that waits for directory change events, we can launch a host thread.   Another way is not to use the vbox mechanism, instead, using tcp/ip communication between host and vm, but this won't work if networking is disabled. This is how