Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH 0/15] KVM userspace interface updates

From: Heiko Carstens
Date: Sun Mar 18 2007 - 06:25:34 EST


On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 07:20:57AM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> Heiko Carstens wrote:
> >On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 03:53:12PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> >
> >>This patchset updates the kvm userspace interface to what I hope will
> >>be the long-term stable interface. Provisions are included for extending
> >>the interface later. The patches address performance and cleanliness
> >>concerns.
> > [...]
> >But the general question is: do you still plan to switch to a syscall
> >interface?
>
> I don't have any present plans for that. Maybe when the interface starts
> to evolve at a slower pace, or if it is shown to be significantly faster.
>
> Not that interface stabilization here doesn't mean a freeze; it means that
> backwards compatibility starts when this gets merged.

If the interface is considered to be stable you can get rid of the
KVM_GET_API_VERSION ioctl, since the version can't change anymore, right?
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