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diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst index c5064e9..42fd7ea 100644 --- a/Doc/library/socket.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst @@ -153,6 +153,14 @@ created. Socket addresses are represented as follows: .. versionadded:: 3.6 +- :const:`AF_VSOCK` allows communication between virtual machines and + their hosts. The sockets are represented as a ``(CID, port)`` tuple + where the context ID or CID and port are integers. + + Availability: Linux >= 4.8 QEMU >= 2.8 ESX >= 4.0 ESX Workstation >= 6.5 + + .. versionadded:: 3.7 + - Certain other address families (:const:`AF_PACKET`, :const:`AF_CAN`) support specific representations. @@ -395,6 +403,18 @@ Constants .. versionadded:: 3.6 + +.. data:: AF_VSOCK + IOCTL_VM_SOCKETS_GET_LOCAL_CID + VMADDR* + SO_VM* + + Constants for Linux host/guest communication. + + Availability: Linux >= 4.8. + + .. versionadded:: 3.7 + .. data:: AF_LINK Availability: BSD, OSX. |