linux-kernel - Re: [patch 7/8] Add a bootparameter to reserve high linear address space.

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Message-ID: <4BE0AFC2.2090207@goop.org>
Date:	Tue, 04 May 2010 16:37:38 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
CC:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...source.com>, akpm@...l.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.osdl.org,
	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com, Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 7/8] Add a bootparameter to reserve high linear address
 space.

On 12/31/1969 04:15 PM, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Dynamically loaded hypervisor? Do we really want to support that?
>   

(Missed this because your datestamp was 1969...)

The idea was that you could boot a guest under VMWare fully virtualized
then switch it to a VMI guest by loading a module.  I don't think it
ever worked out - the transition was too trick to get right (especially
applying all the pvops patching to a live system).

    J
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