Re: [Xen-devel] help with event channels

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/12/06 7:54 pm, "David Richardson" <daverich04@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'd really appreciate any help with how to create a
> simple event channel between dom0 and a userspace
> program in domU.  I'm running Xen3.0.3 stable.  Thanks
> in advance.

Assuming userspace-to-userspace, both apps need to be linked against
libxenctrl. Then domU executes xc_evtchn_bind_unbound_port(xce_handle, 0).
The return value is a port number that dom0 can pass to
xc_evtchn_bind_interdomain(xce_handle, domU, domU_port).

The 'xce_handle' is obtained via a call to xc_evtchn_open().

You send an even to the remote end via xc_evtchn_notify().

You receive an event by, for example, read(xc_evtchn_fd(), &buffer, 2). Each
2-byte element in the read stream is a port id. You receive no further
notifications on a particular port until you write() the 2 bytes back via
the xc_evtchn_fd().

 -- Keir



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