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[Xen-users] Re: Merge Xen (the hypervisor) into Linux

To: Theodore Tso <tytso@xxxxxxx>, Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>, George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, jeremy@xxxxxxxx, avi@xxxxxxxxxx, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, x86@xxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, gregkh@xxxxxxx, kurt.hackel@xxxxxxxxxx, Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ksrinivasan <ksrinivasan@xxxxxxxxxx>, EAnderson@xxxxxxxxxx, wimcoekaerts@xxxxxxxxxxxx, Stephen Spector <stephen.spector@xxxxxxxxxx>, jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx, npiggin@xxxxxxx
Subject: [Xen-users] Re: Merge Xen (the hypervisor) into Linux
From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:28:58 +0200
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  Hi,

It seems like a decent solutoin to me.  What's being proposed would
make the dom0/hypervisor interface an internal once, always subject to
change.  What's wrong with that?

Linux is not the only player here. NetBSD can run as dom0 guest. Solaris can run as dom0 guest too. Thus making the dom0/xen interface private to linux and xen isn't going to fly.

cheers,
  Gerd

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