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Message-ID: <20070318102252.GA11201@osiris.ibm.com> Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 11:22:52 +0100 From: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com> To: Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com> Cc: kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH 0/15] KVM userspace interface updates On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 07:20:57AM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > Heiko Carstens wrote: > >On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 03:53:12PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > > > >>This patchset updates the kvm userspace interface to what I hope will > >>be the long-term stable interface. Provisions are included for extending > >>the interface later. The patches address performance and cleanliness > >>concerns. > > [...] > >But the general question is: do you still plan to switch to a syscall > >interface? > > I don't have any present plans for that. Maybe when the interface starts > to evolve at a slower pace, or if it is shown to be significantly faster. > > Not that interface stabilization here doesn't mean a freeze; it means that > backwards compatibility starts when this gets merged. If the interface is considered to be stable you can get rid of the KVM_GET_API_VERSION ioctl, since the version can't change anymore, right? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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