linux-kernel - Re: Xen & VMI?

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Date:	Tue, 6 Mar 2007 11:46:12 -0800
From:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...e.de>,
	virtualization <virtualization@...ts.osdl.org>,
	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: Xen & VMI?

* Ingo Molnar (mingo@...e.hu) wrote:
> yes - but de-facto contradicted by the Xen paravirt_ops patches sent to 
> lkml ;)

There's no intrinsic value to the Xen on VMI approach that's superior
to Xen on pv_ops (not to mention the complications that it causes).

What are you driving at?  You seem to be arguing that abstractions
are bad unless done via ABI's.  ACPI....

thanks,
-chris
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