linux-kernel - RE: [kvm-ia64-devel] [PATCH] ia64 kvm fixes for O=... builds

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Date:	Mon, 5 May 2008 09:21:18 +0800
From:	"Zhang, Xiantao" <xiantao.zhang@...el.com>
To:	"Avi Kivity" <avi@...ranet.com>
Cc:	"Al Viro" <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>, <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<kvm-ia64-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	"Al Viro" <viro@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: RE: [kvm-ia64-devel] [PATCH] ia64 kvm fixes for O=... builds

Avi Kivity wrote:
> Zhang, Xiantao wrote:
>> Hi, Airo
>>     Currenlty,  We only allow CONFIG_KVM_INTEL = m , since it needs
>> to be relocated at insertion time.
>> 
> 
> In many ways this module is more like firmware than a standard kernel
> module, no?

Right, this module doesn't work in kernel context. Instead, it is
responsible for switching world between host and guest after relocation.
In this way, likely to be a firmware. 
Xiantao
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