linux-kernel - Re: A proposal

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Message-ID: <44D2794A.0@vmware.com>
Date:	Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:31:38 -0700
From:	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, Jack Lo <jlo@...are.com>
Subject: Re: A proposal - binary

Alan Cox wrote:
> Ar Iau, 2006-08-03 am 14:41 -0700, ysgrifennodd Zachary Amsden:
>   
>> Hence my point follows.  Using source compiled with the kernel as a 
>> module does nothing to provide a stable interface to the backend 
>> hardware / hypervisor implementation.
>>     
>
> Could have fooled me. It seems to work for the IBM Mainframe people
> really well. 
>   

Yes, but not because of source compatibility.  It works because the 
hypervisor layer is actually architected in the hardware.

Zach
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