linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] Add VMware memory balloon driver

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Message-ID: <4BA5E493.9050108@redhat.com>
Date:	Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:19:15 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...r-ws.eng.vmware.com>
CC:	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...are.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"pv-drivers@...are.com" <pv-drivers@...are.com>,
	Alok Kataria <akataria@...are.com>,
	Shaileshkumar Jain <sajain@...are.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] Add VMware memory balloon driver

On 03/20/2010 09:54 PM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>> So while I'd love to see other hypervisors adopt virtio, I think in this
>> case it makes more sense to have your own balloon driver.
>>
>>      
> Fair enough. If this is a common sentiment we'll gladly prepare our
> standalone driver for submission.
>    

It's also possible to split out a "balloon core" that can be shared.  In 
this case it isn't worth it however as there any user visible interfaces 
and the shared code would amount to couple dozen lines or so.

-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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