Re: [GIT PULL] KVM Updates for 2.6.23-rc1

[Avi Kivity]

Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> On 07/11/2007 03:08 AM, Avi Kivity wrote:
>   
>> Linus, please do your usual thing from the repository and branch at
>>
>>  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm.git for-linus
>>
>> This contains kvm updates for the 2.6.23 merge window, including
>>
>>  - performance improvements
>>  - suspend/resume fixes
>>  - guest smp
>>  - random fixes and cleanups
>>
>>     
>
> What version of KVM does this update contain? I can't find any place
> in the code with version number.
>   

There is an ABI version number (now at 12) in include/linux/kvm.h.  That
means any version of kvm userspace from kvm-22  upwards can be used. 
Since the ABI will not change anymore except in a backward compatible
manner, the old concerns of matching userspace to kernel are gone.

In terms of parity with the external kernel module, 2.6.23-rc1 will be
very similar to kvm-29.

-- 
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.

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