linux-kernel - Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH 0/6] KVM userspace interface updates for 2.6.21

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Date:	Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:08:30 +1100
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	kvm-devel <kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH 0/6] KVM userspace interface updates for
	2.6.21

On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 20:21 +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> Avi Kivity wrote:
> > The following patchset moves the kvm userspace interface from having a 
> > single fd, to having three types of file descriptors:
> 
> Andrew, while the 2.6.21 merge window has closed, please consider 
> applying this to 2.6.21 anyway.

Oh yeah, me too!

Lguest now offers a level of instability users of 2.6.21 should enjoy.

Plus, despite lguest having no stable ABI, I've only changed it once vs.
kvm's twice.  I hope to do better in future, but until it's in mainline
that's hard.

Rusty.

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