linux-kernel - Re: ABI coupling to hypervisors via CONFIG

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Message-ID: <20070309233828.GA5566@elte.hu>
Date:	Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:38:28 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: ABI coupling to hypervisors via CONFIG_PARAVIRT


* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org> wrote:

> The important part is that there's more to the story than just pv_ops. 
> If you wanted to make such a change, then you'd need to refactor the 
> i386 support code to add a vma->paging helper layer.  That layer would 
> be available for any pv_ops interface to use if it wishes.

no such change is needed to native. [ other than the removal of tons of 
lowlevel hooks ;-) ] Think of this in terms of a completely separate MM 
layer for guest kernels, with all memory management details done on the 
hypervisor side, ok? I dont think you can emulate that in an equivalent 
way via VMI, the kernel object in this model is on the hypervisor side - 
while with VMI that does not look possible.

	Ingo
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