| Message ID | 20210927221359.2917482-4-mathieu.poirier@linaro.org |
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| State | New |
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| Series | virtio: Add vhost-user based RNG | expand |
On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 04:13:59PM -0600, Mathieu Poirier wrote: > Add description and example for the vhost-user based RNG implementation. > > Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> Causes a build failure: Warning, treated as error: /scm/qemu/docs/system/devices/vhost-user-rng.rst:document isn't included in any toctree > --- > docs/system/devices/vhost-user-rng.rst | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 docs/system/devices/vhost-user-rng.rst > > diff --git a/docs/system/devices/vhost-user-rng.rst b/docs/system/devices/vhost-user-rng.rst > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000000..a145d4105c1a > --- /dev/null > +++ b/docs/system/devices/vhost-user-rng.rst > @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ > +QEMU vhost-user-rng - RNG emulation > +=================================== > + > +Background > +---------- > + > +What follows builds on the material presented in vhost-user.rst - it should > +be reviewed before moving forward with the content in this file. > + > +Description > +----------- > + > +The vhost-user-rng device implementation was designed to work with a random > +number generator daemon such as the one found in the vhost-device crate of > +the rust-vmm project available on github [1]. > + > +[1]. https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost-device > + > +Examples > +-------- > + > +The daemon should be started first: > + > +:: > + > + host# vhost-device-rng --socket-path=rng.sock -c 1 -m 512 -p 1000 > + > +The QEMU invocation needs to create a chardev socket the device can > +use to communicate as well as share the guests memory over a memfd. > + > +:: > + > + host# qemu-system \ > + -chardev socket,path=$(PATH)/rng.sock,id=rng0 \ > + -device vhost-user-rng-pci,chardev=rng0 \ > + -m 4096 \ > + -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=4G,mem-path=/dev/shm,share=on \ > + -numa node,memdev=mem \ > + ... > -- > 2.25.1
On Tue, 5 Oct 2021 at 09:24, Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 04:13:59PM -0600, Mathieu Poirier wrote: > > Add description and example for the vhost-user based RNG implementation. > > > > Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> > > Causes a build failure: > > Warning, treated as error: > /scm/qemu/docs/system/devices/vhost-user-rng.rst:document isn't included in any toctree > (Sigh...) I simply don't see those errors on my side... I wonder if it's a tooling version problem. Anyways I sent a new revision, hopefully it will be enough to make the build happy. Thanks for the patience, Mathieu > > > > --- > > docs/system/devices/vhost-user-rng.rst | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) > > create mode 100644 docs/system/devices/vhost-user-rng.rst > > > > diff --git a/docs/system/devices/vhost-user-rng.rst b/docs/system/devices/vhost-user-rng.rst > > new file mode 100644 > > index 000000000000..a145d4105c1a > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/docs/system/devices/vhost-user-rng.rst > > @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ > > +QEMU vhost-user-rng - RNG emulation > > +=================================== > > + > > +Background > > +---------- > > + > > +What follows builds on the material presented in vhost-user.rst - it should > > +be reviewed before moving forward with the content in this file. > > + > > +Description > > +----------- > > + > > +The vhost-user-rng device implementation was designed to work with a random > > +number generator daemon such as the one found in the vhost-device crate of > > +the rust-vmm project available on github [1]. > > + > > +[1]. https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost-device > > + > > +Examples > > +-------- > > + > > +The daemon should be started first: > > + > > +:: > > + > > + host# vhost-device-rng --socket-path=rng.sock -c 1 -m 512 -p 1000 > > + > > +The QEMU invocation needs to create a chardev socket the device can > > +use to communicate as well as share the guests memory over a memfd. > > + > > +:: > > + > > + host# qemu-system \ > > + -chardev socket,path=$(PATH)/rng.sock,id=rng0 \ > > + -device vhost-user-rng-pci,chardev=rng0 \ > > + -m 4096 \ > > + -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=4G,mem-path=/dev/shm,share=on \ > > + -numa node,memdev=mem \ > > + ... > > -- > > 2.25.1 >
diff --git a/docs/system/devices/vhost-user-rng.rst b/docs/system/devices/vhost-user-rng.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a145d4105c1a --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/system/devices/vhost-user-rng.rst @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +QEMU vhost-user-rng - RNG emulation +=================================== + +Background +---------- + +What follows builds on the material presented in vhost-user.rst - it should +be reviewed before moving forward with the content in this file. + +Description +----------- + +The vhost-user-rng device implementation was designed to work with a random +number generator daemon such as the one found in the vhost-device crate of +the rust-vmm project available on github [1]. + +[1]. https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost-device + +Examples +-------- + +The daemon should be started first: + +:: + + host# vhost-device-rng --socket-path=rng.sock -c 1 -m 512 -p 1000 + +The QEMU invocation needs to create a chardev socket the device can +use to communicate as well as share the guests memory over a memfd. + +:: + + host# qemu-system \ + -chardev socket,path=$(PATH)/rng.sock,id=rng0 \ + -device vhost-user-rng-pci,chardev=rng0 \ + -m 4096 \ + -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=4G,mem-path=/dev/shm,share=on \ + -numa node,memdev=mem \ + ...
Add description and example for the vhost-user based RNG implementation. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> --- docs/system/devices/vhost-user-rng.rst | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/system/devices/vhost-user-rng.rst -- 2.25.1