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Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:26:25 +0300 From: Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com> To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> CC: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] QEMU PIC indirection patch for in-kernel APIC work Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com> wrote: > > >>> so right now the only option for a clean codebase is the KVM >>> in-kernel code. >>> >> I strongly disagree with this. >> > > are you disagreeing with my statement that the KVM kernel-side code is > the only clean codebase here? To me this is a clear fact :) > No, I agree with that. I just disagree with choosing to put the *pic code (or other code) into the kernel on *that* basis. The selection should be on design/performance issues alone, *not* the state of existing code. > I only pointed out that the only clean codebase at the moment is the KVM > in-kernel code - i did not make the argument (at all) that every new > piece of KVM code should be done in the kernel. That would be stupid - > do you think i'd advocate for example moving command line argument > parsing into the kernel? > No. But the difference in cruftiness between kvm and qemu code should not enter into the discussion of where to do things. > and as i said in the mail: "the kernel _is_ the best place to do this > particular stuff". > I agree with this, maybe for different reasons. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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