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| author | Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> | 2022-03-21 15:30:30 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> | 2022-05-16 04:38:40 -0400 |
| commit | bd59f2a1823a458ac27c09e1f27f30098745381e (patch) | |
| tree | b6b42b6b1b604cdd7aff7b0df07db2e6295bb8cb /docs/interop/vhost-user-gpu.rst | |
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docs: vhost-user: replace master/slave with front-end/back-end
This matches the nomenclature that is generally used. Also commonly used
is client/server, but it is not as clear because sometimes the front-end
exposes a passive (server) socket that the back-end connects to.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20210226143413.188046-4-pbonzini@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20220321153037.3622127-7-alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs/interop/vhost-user-gpu.rst b/docs/interop/vhost-user-gpu.rst index 71a2c52..1640553 100644 --- a/docs/interop/vhost-user-gpu.rst +++ b/docs/interop/vhost-user-gpu.rst @@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ Introduction ============ The vhost-user-gpu protocol is aiming at sharing the rendering result -of a virtio-gpu, done from a vhost-user slave process to a vhost-user -master process (such as QEMU). It bears a resemblance to a display +of a virtio-gpu, done from a vhost-user back-end process to a vhost-user +front-end process (such as QEMU). It bears a resemblance to a display server protocol, if you consider QEMU as the display server and the -slave as the client, but in a very limited way. Typically, it will +back-end as the client, but in a very limited way. Typically, it will work by setting a scanout/display configuration, before sending flush events for the display updates. It will also update the cursor shape and position. @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ socket ancillary data to share opened file descriptors (DMABUF fds or shared memory). The socket is usually obtained via ``VHOST_USER_GPU_SET_SOCKET``. -Requests are sent by the *slave*, and the optional replies by the -*master*. +Requests are sent by the *back-end*, and the optional replies by the +*front-end*. Wire format =========== |