Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH] Refactor hypercall infrastructure

From: Avi Kivity
Date: Sat Sep 15 2007 - 04:01:03 EST


Nakajima, Jun wrote:
> To me this is the beginning of fragmentation. Why do we need different
> and VMM-specific Linux paravirtualization for hardware-assisted
> virtualization? That would not be good for Linux.
>
>

The only way to have a single interface is if a central authority
defines and documents that interface, and all hypervisor implementors
agree not to implement extensions. Do you see that happening?

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