linux-kernel - Re: [ANNOUNCE] Native Linux KVM tool

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Date:	Sun, 03 Apr 2011 13:11:08 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, aarcange@...hat.com,
	mtosatti@...hat.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org, joro@...tes.org,
	penberg@...helsinki.fi, asias.hejun@...il.com, gorcunov@...il.com,
	mingo@...e.hu
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Native Linux KVM tool

On 04/03/2011 12:59 PM, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> Hi Avi,
>
> On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Avi Kivity<avi@...hat.com>  wrote:
> >>  Note that this is a development prototype for the time being: there's no
> >>  networking support and no graphics support, amongst other missing
> >>  essentials.
> >
> >  Mind posting a roadmap?  I would put smp support near the top.  This sort of
> >  thing has to be designed in, otherwise you wind up with a big lock like
> >  qemu.
>
> What are the pain points with qemu at the moment?

It's an ugly gooball.

> SMP, networking, and simpler guest to host communication from shell
> are most interesting missing features for me.

If it is to be more than a toy, then Windows (really generic guest) 
support, manageability, live migration, hotplug, etc. are all crucial.

> I'd also love to have
> GPU support for X and friends.

Should be easy to get by integrating spice (but that gives you a 
remote-optimized display, not local).

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