Re: [virtio-dev] Memory sharing device

From
Gerd Hoffmann <>
Date
2019-02-21T06:55:17+00:00
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Re: [virtio-dev] Memory sharing device
Hi,

> > Non-linux systems obviously need something else for the job.  The
> > guest/host implementation details don't affect the virtio-gpu specs
> > though.
> 
> While we're talking about this: what is your plan for virtio-gpu
> implementations for non-Linux guests/hosts?

IIRC someone is working on windows guest drivers, don't know what the
current status is though.  edk2 (uefi firmware) has a driver too.  I'm
not aware on any other guest drivers, and I don't have any plans
personally (and that isn't going to change anytime soon, I'm busy enough
with linux alone).

On the host side virtio-gpu (without virgl) works just fine on any
platform supported by qemu, including *bsd, macos and windows.  I have
no idea if and how virtio-gpu buffers could be shared with other
processes on non-linux platforms though.

cheers,
  Gerd