linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Stable kvm userspace interface

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Date:	Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:11:23 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
CC:	kvm-devel <kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Stable kvm userspace interface

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Can we please avoid adding a ton of new ioctls?  ioctls inevitably 
> require 64-bit compat code for certain architectures, whereas 
> sysfs/procfs does not.
>

I don't see how the procfs or sysfs models fit kvm.  wrt compat code, 
the current kvm abi (also ioctl based) is 32/64 bit safe without compat 
code, and I certainly don't intend to break it.


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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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