linux-kernel - Re: Xen & VMI?

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Message-ID: <45ED3121.8090308@suse.de>
Date:	Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:15:13 +0100
From:	Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...e.de>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	virtualization <virtualization@...ts.osdl.org>,
	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Xen & VMI?

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...e.de> wrote:
> 
>>> [using vmi rom]
>> IIRC there was some proof-of-concept at least for xen guests.
> 
> yes - but de-facto contradicted by the Xen paravirt_ops patches sent to 
> lkml ;)

Yep.  The fact that it is possible to do that doesn't imply that it is
the best solution.

Oh, and btw:  What was the reason why kvm paravirtualization doesn't use
the vmi interface?

>>> the QA matrix is gonna be a _mess_.
>> I fail to see how xen-via-vmirom instead of xen-via-paravirt_ops 
>> reduces the QA effort.  You still have 5 Hypervisors you have to test 
>> against.
> 
> yes, just like we have thousands of separate PC boards to support. But 
> as long as the basic ABI is the same, the QA effort on the Linux kernel 
> side is alot more focused.

xen and vmware are still two very different hypervisors from the memory
mangement point of view.  I doubt moving the abstraction line within the
linux kernel from paravirt_ops to vmi makes QA easier.

cheers,
  Gerd

-- 
Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...e.de>
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