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Zero-copy KVM I/O #11

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lukego opened this issue Dec 26, 2012 · 0 comments
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Zero-copy KVM I/O #11

lukego opened this issue Dec 26, 2012 · 0 comments

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lukego commented Dec 26, 2012

Create a mechanism for zero-copy ethernet I/O with KVM guests.

Two tricks are needed:

  1. Memory mapping magic to make guest memory visible to the switch and vice-versa.
  2. Getting stable physical addresses for guest memory to use for hardware DMA.
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