From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S936427AbWK3OY6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:24:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S936428AbWK3OY6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:24:58 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:43461 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S936427AbWK3OY5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:24:57 -0500 Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:24:35 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Ingo Molnar Cc: Avi Kivity , kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/38] KVM: Create kvm-intel.ko module Message-ID: <20061130142435.GA13372@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Ingo Molnar , Avi Kivity , kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org References: <456AD5C6.1090406@qumranet.com> <20061127121136.DC69A25015E@cleopatra.q> <20061127123606.GA11825@elte.hu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061127123606.GA11825@elte.hu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 01:36:06PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Avi Kivity wrote: > > > --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/kvm/kvm.h > > +++ linux-2.6/drivers/kvm/kvm.h > > please move this from drivers/kvm/ to kernel/kvm/ [or even into a > toplevel kvm/ directory] - KVM is not a "driver", KVM enhances the core > Linux kernel with hypervisor functionality. Actually it's exactly a driver. It's a character driver that exposes the virtualization features of modern x86 hardware. Pretty similar to things like the msr or mtrr driver that expose cpu features as character drivers aswell. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/38] KVM: Create kvm-intel.ko module Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:24:35 +0000 Message-ID: <20061130142435.GA13372@infradead.org> References: <456AD5C6.1090406@qumranet.com> <20061127121136.DC69A25015E@cleopatra.q> <20061127123606.GA11825@elte.hu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, akpm-3NddpPZAyC0@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org Return-path: To: Ingo Molnar Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061127123606.GA11825-X9Un+BFzKDI@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 01:36:06PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Avi Kivity wrote: > > > --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/kvm/kvm.h > > +++ linux-2.6/drivers/kvm/kvm.h > > please move this from drivers/kvm/ to kernel/kvm/ [or even into a > toplevel kvm/ directory] - KVM is not a "driver", KVM enhances the core > Linux kernel with hypervisor functionality. Actually it's exactly a driver. It's a character driver that exposes the virtualization features of modern x86 hardware. Pretty similar to things like the msr or mtrr driver that expose cpu features as character drivers aswell. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV