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Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:37:54 +0100 From: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com> To: Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com> Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@...o.co.il>, Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...ibm.com>, 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 Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 06:02:57PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > Heiko Carstens wrote: > I agree with all of the above, and in addition, integration to the > scheduler will allow us to reduce vcpu migration rate, and maybe do > things like gang scheduling. > > But that doesn't mean it can be done now: we really need to see how it > works out with smp and with an additional arch, and then we can stabilize > it. Meanwhile I'd like a stable ABI so distros can start shipping > kvm without worrying about upgrade headaches. > > So the plan is: > - get the /dev/kvm ABI into 2.6.22 > - implement smp > - add another arch > - move to a syscall based interface in parallel; userspace should work with both > - deprecate the old ABI and external modules. I wasn't asking to change the ABI right now, just wanted to make sure that it is not the 'final' interface. So I agree with your plan. - 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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