linux-kernel - Re: Paravirtualization on VMware's Platform [VMI].

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Message-ID: <4AB956AC.9050700@zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:58:52 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	akataria@...are.com
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	"virtualization@...ts.osdl.org" <virtualization@...ts.osdl.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Paravirtualization on VMware's Platform [VMI].

Alok Kataria wrote:
> 
> What do you suggest would be the right time ? 
> 
> Please note that the next major release of VMware's product will not
> have this supported. Also that, most of our customers will actually be
> running some distro's enterprise release, rather than running the
> cutting edge kernel. So IMO there is still a window of around 1-1.5
> years, until a customer actually sees a kernel which has dropped VMI
> support.
> 

I would say it might make sense pulling it out around the end of 2010, 
which would be about 6 kernel releases from now -- 2.6.37.

	-hpa

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