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

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Message-ID: <1302251236.27918.31.camel@jaguar>
Date:	Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:27:16 +0300
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
To:	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
Cc:	Anthony Liguori <anthony@...emonkey.ws>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, aarcange@...hat.com,
	mtosatti@...hat.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org, joro@...tes.org,
	asias.hejun@...il.com, gorcunov@...il.com
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Native Linux KVM tool

Hi Jan,

On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 09:39 +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> I agree that it's easy to change 2kSomething LOC for this. But if you
> now wait too long designing in essential features like SMP, a scalable
> execution model, and - very important - portability (*), it can get
> fairly painful to fix such architectural deficits later on. How long did
> it take for Linux to overcome the BKL? QEMU is in the same unfortunate
> position.

Yup, and we're taking your feedback seriously (and are thankful for
it!). We're hoping to look at SMP in the near future - help is
appreciated!

			Pekka

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