linux-kernel - Re: [patch 00/36] Hexagon: Add support for Qualcomm Hexagon architecture

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Date:	Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:42:13 -0500
From:	Richard Kuo <rkuo@...eaurora.org>
To:	Zan Lynx <zlynx@....org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hexagon@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 00/36] Hexagon: Add support for Qualcomm Hexagon
 architecture

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 01:00:44PM -0600, Zan Lynx wrote:
> I am curious about the hypervisor layer.
> 
> I can guess that it's an attempt to abstract away low level hardware
> changes, a sort of software version of CPU microcode.
> 
> Or maybe it's a Transmeta kind of thing with dynamic recompilation into
> a quickly evolving VLIW instruction set.
> 
> But what's the real reason?

There are definitely opportunities for bonus features with hypervisors,
but the real reason is just to allow multiple guests to run concurrently
on a machine.

Thanks,
Richard Kuo

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