linux-kernel - Re: [KVM PATCH] KVM: introduce "xinterface" API for external interaction with guests

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Date:	Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:53:48 -0400
From:	Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, avi@...hat.com,
	glommer@...hat.com, aliguori@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [KVM PATCH] KVM: introduce "xinterface" API for external interaction
 with guests

Gregory Haskins wrote:
> Note that if we are going to generalize the interface to support other
> guests as you may have been suggesting above, it should probably stay
> statically linked (and perhaps live in ./lib or something)
>   

More specifically, it can no longer live in kvm.ko.  I guess it
technically doesn't have to be statically linked, though (e.g.
xinterface.ko is fine, too).

Regards,
-Greg


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