[Xen-devel] Re: Xen is a feature

[Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dave,

On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 21:05 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 17:45:34 -0700
> 
> > Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >> Xen changes - especially dom0 - are overwhelmingly not about improving
> >> Linux, but about having some special hook and extra treatment in
> >> random places - and that's really bad.
> >>   
> > 
> > You've made this argument a few times now, and I take exception to it.
> > 
> > It seems to be predicated on the idea that Xen has some kind of niche
> > usage, with barely more users than Voyager.  Or that it is a parasite
> > sitting on the side of Linux, being a pure drain.
> 
> I don't see Ingo's comments, whether I agree with them or not, as
> an implication of Xen being niche.  Rather I see his comments as
> an opposition to how Xen is implemented.
> 

You can see Ingo's comments and whole thread under subject :

Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [GIT PULL] Xen APIC hooks (with io_apic_ops)

http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/5/27/758

--
JSR


_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel