Performance wise, is using HGCM still a good idea if you want to transmit a lot of data from the guest to the host? Or would it be more efficient to use some other means?
Thank You. --- On Wed, 4/21/10, Klaus Espenlaub <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Klaus Espenlaub <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [vbox-dev] Guest/Host Communication > To: "kernalist" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 2:33 PM > kernalist wrote: > > Hi, I was wondering if VirtualBox provides some > mechanism for guest and host to communicate: i.e. shared > memory, or what not? > > > > Since VirtualBox offers bi-directional clipboard, such > mechanism is possible to implement if it does not exist > already (no?). > > The most frequently used mechanism is "HGCM", the > host-guest communication manager. Clipboard sharing and > other features are implemented this way. > > There are quite a number of examples in the source code, > but I think there is not that much documentation besides the > source. > > Klaus > > _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
