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[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC, PATCH 0/24] VMI i386 Linux virtualization interfac
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Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC, PATCH 0/24] VMI i386 Linux virtualization interface proposal |
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Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:56:36 -0500 |
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Zachary Amsden <zach@xxxxxxxxxx>, Xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Virtualization Mailing List <virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx>, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:25:22 +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> I agree with Zach here, the Xen hypervisor <-> kernel interface is
> not very nice. This proposal seems like a step forward althogh it'll
> probably need to go through a few iterations. Without and actually
> useable opensource hypevisor reference implementation it's totally
> unacceptable, though.
I'd like to see a test harness implementation that has no actual
hypervisor functionality and just implements the VMI calls natively.
This could be used to test the interface and would provide a nice
starting point for those who want to write a VMI hypervisor.
--
Chuck
"Penguins don't come from next door, they come from the Antarctic!"
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