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[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC, PATCH 0/24] VMI i386 Linux virtualization interface proposal

To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:56:36 -0500

Cc: 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>

Delivery-date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:16:55 +0000

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In-Reply-To: <20060315102522.GA5926@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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!" _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel

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