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

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Message-ID: <4BA32645.3020500@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:22:45 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, drepper@...il.com,
	Anthony Liguori <anthony@...emonkey.ws>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
	Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@...hat.com>,
	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>,
	Zachary Amsden <zamsden@...hat.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

On 03/19/2010 12:16 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
>> Yes its a double standard
>>
>> Glibc has a higher standard than Fedora/RHEL.
>>
>> Just like the Ubuntu kernel ships various ugly unfit for upstream kernel
>> drivers.
>>      
> There's a world of a difference between a fugly driver and a glibc patch.
>
>    

Yes, fugly drivers can be cleaned up, but glibc ABIs are forever.

-- 
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.

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