[module] update README to reflect VM->host changes

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Quantum 2021-02-05 21:03:24 -05:00 committed by Geoffrey McRae
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This kernel module implements a basic interface to the IVSHMEM device for
LookingGlass when using LookingGlass in VM->VM mode.
Additionally, in VM->host mode, it can be used to generate a shared memory
device on the host machine that supports dmabuf.
## Compiling (Manual)
Make sure you have your kernel headers installed first, on Debian/Ubuntu use
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### Loading
This module requires the `uio` module to be loaded first, loading it is as
simple as:
For VM->VM mode, simply run:
modprobe uio
insmod kvmfr.ko
For VM->host mode with dmabuf, instead of creating a shared memory file, load
this module with the parameter `static_size_mb`. For example, a 128 MB shared
memory device can be created with:
insmod kvmfr.ko static_size_mb=128
Multiple devices can be created by separating the sizes with commas. For
example, `static_size_mb=128,64` would create two kvmfr devices: `kvmfr0`
would be 128 MB and `kvmfr1` would be 64 MB.
## Compiling & Installing (DKMS)
You can install this module into DKMS so that it persists across kernel
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### Loading
Simply modprobe the module:
For VM->VM, simply modprobe the module:
modprobe kvmfr
For VM->host with dmabuf, modprobe with the parameter `static_size_mb`:
modprobe kvmfr static_size_mb=128
Just like above, multiple devices can be created by separating the sizes
with commas.
## Usage
This will create the `/dev/kvmfr0` node that represents the KVMFR interface.
To use the interface you need permission to access it by either creating a
udev rule to ensure your user can read and write to it, or simply change it's
udev rule to ensure your user can read and write to it, or simply change its
ownership manually, ie:
sudo chown user:user /dev/kvmfr0
An example udev rule, which you can put in `/etc/udev/rules.d/99-kvmfr.rules`,
is (replace `user` with your username):
SUBSYSTEM=="kvmfr", OWNER="user", GROUP="kvm", MODE="0660"
Usage with looking glass is simple, you only need to specify the path to the
device node, for example:
./looking-glass-client -f /dev/kvmfr0
### VM->Host
In VM->host mode, use this device in place of the shared memory file.
For example, with `qemu`, you would use the following arguments:
-device ivshmem-plain,id=shmem0,memdev=looking-glass
-object memory-backend-file,id=looking-glass,mem-path=/dev/kvmfr0,size=128M,share=yes
Note that the `size` argument must be the same size as what you passed
to `static_size_mb` argument for the kernel module.
#### `libvirt`
With `libvirt`, you can use the following XML block:
```xml
<qemu:commandline>
<qemu:arg value='-device'/>
<qemu:arg value='ivshmem-plain,id=shmem0,memdev=looking-glass'/>
<qemu:arg value='-object'/>
<qemu:arg value='memory-backend-file,id=looking-glass,mem-path=/dev/kvmfr0,size=128M,share=yes'/>
</qemu:commandline>
```
Remember to add `xmlns:qemu='http://libvirt.org/schemas/domain/qemu/1.0'` to
the `<domain>`.
On certain distros, running libvirt this way poses issues with apparmor
and cgroups.
For apparmor, in `/etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/libvirt-qemu`, append:
# Looking Glass
/dev/kvmfr0 rw,
For cgroups, in `/etc/libvirt/qemu.conf`, uncomment the `cgroup_device_acl`
block and add `/dev/kvmfr0` to the list. Then restart `libvirtd`:
sudo systemctl restart libvirtd.service