linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Unify KVM kernel-space and user-space code into a single project

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Message-ID: <20100318130226.GB7424@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:02:26 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>
Cc:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>, Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>,
	Anthony Liguori <anthony@...emonkey.ws>,
	"Zhang, Yanmin" <yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Sheng Yang <sheng@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	oerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
	Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@...hat.com>,
	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>,
	Zachary Amsden <zamsden@...hat.com>, ziteng.huang@...el.com,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Fr?d?ric Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Unify KVM kernel-space and user-space code into a single
 project


* Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@...hat.com> wrote:

> Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> writes:
> 
> > [...]
> > Distributions are very eager to update kernels even in stable periods of the 
> > distro lifetime - they are much less willing to update user-space packages.
> > [...]
> 
> Sorry, er, what?  What distributions eagerly upgrade kernels in stable 
> periods, were it not primarily motivated by security fixes? [...]

Please check the popular distro called 'Fedora' for example, and its kernel 
upgrade policies.

> [...] What users eagerly replace their kernels?

Those 99% who click on the 'install 193 updates' popup.

	Ingo
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