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

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Date:	Tue, 9 Jan 2007 09:02:53 -0500 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
cc:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>,
	kvm-devel <kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] [RFC] Stable kvm userspace interface

On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, 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 guess ioctl is not as important now if the API is now always talking to 
one VM.


- James
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James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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