linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] restore export of handle_mm

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:45:02 +1000
From:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Gaudenz Steinlin <gaudenz@...ian.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 486798@...s.debian.org,
	josejx@...too.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] restore export of handle_mm_fault for Mac on Linux

Christoph Hellwig writes:

> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:14:02PM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > The kernel modules for Mac on Linux (MOL) need handle_mm_fault. 
> > MOL is a GPL licensed virtual machine to run MacOS(X) on PPC Linux.
> 
> Has been rejected a few times.  An now that we actually have kvm
> for powerpc in tree MOL should just merge with that project and
> do the right things in tree instead of beeing a really hacky
> module subverting the VM.

We don't have KVM for the "classic" 32-bit PowerPC processors, only
for the 44x family.  And doing KVM for the classic 32-bit processors
would probably involve just as much hackery as MOL. :)

Paul.
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