Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Accepting socket connections in qemu (not the client... the emulator)

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi,

On Tue, 29 May 2007, Clemens Kolbitsch wrote:

> Clemens Kolbitsch wrote:
>
> > my virtual device inside qemu (a pci device) is listening for 
> > socket-(tcp)-connections.
> > 
> > however, accept() always fails (code works fine if not executed inside 
> > the qemu-process)... now i'm wondering if qemu interferes somehow...
> > 
> > is that possible?
> > 
> > frustrated.... *gg*
> > 
> ok.... i found an answer to it.
> 
> obviously, qemu has to handle interrupt-signals (e.g. from its 
> client-os). this interrupts accepting connections.
> 
> very bad for me, but at least a logical reason :-/

I guess that you use the Slirp device. This device is masqueraded to the 
outside, so unless you use something different, like VLAN or TAP, you 
can only make it work using a tunnel.

Hth,
Dscho