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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/specs/ivshmem-spec.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/specs/ivshmem-spec.txt b/docs/specs/ivshmem-spec.txt index a1f5499796..042f7eae22 100644 --- a/docs/specs/ivshmem-spec.txt +++ b/docs/specs/ivshmem-spec.txt @@ -17,12 +17,16 @@ get interrupted by its peers. There are two basic configurations: -- Just shared memory: -device ivshmem-plain,memdev=HMB,... +- Just shared memory: + + -device ivshmem-plain,memdev=HMB,... This uses host memory backend HMB. It should have option "share" set. -- Shared memory plus interrupts: -device ivshmem,chardev=CHR,vectors=N,... +- Shared memory plus interrupts: + + -device ivshmem-doorbell,chardev=CHR,vectors=N,... An ivshmem server must already be running on the host. The device connects to the server's UNIX domain socket via character device |