linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <4EB67D17.7000701@redhat.com>
Date:	Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:27:03 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
CC:	Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kvm@...r.kernel.org list" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	qemu-devel Developers <qemu-devel@...gnu.org>,
	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels

On 11/06/2011 02:14 PM, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com> wrote:
> >> People seem to think the KVM tool is only about solving a specific
> >> problem to kernel developers. That's certainly never been my goal as I
> >> do lots of userspace programming as well. The end game for me is to
> >> replace QEMU/VirtualBox for Linux on Linux virtualization for my day to
> >> day purposes.
> >
> > Maybe it should be in tools/pekka then.  Usually subsystems that want to
> > be merged into Linux have broaded audiences though.
>
> I think you completely missed my point.
>
> I'm simply saying that KVM tool was never about solving a narrow
> problem Alexander's script is trying to solve. That's why I feel it's
> such a pointless exercise.

But from your description, you're trying to solve just another narrow
problem:

"The end game for me is to replace QEMU/VirtualBox for Linux on Linux
virtualization for my day to day purposes. "

We rarely merge a subsystem to solve one person's problem (esp. when it
is defined as "replace another freely available project", even if you
dislike its command line syntax).

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

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/