From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932074AbXAINsK (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jan 2007 08:48:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751402AbXAINsK (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jan 2007 08:48:10 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:34535 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751400AbXAINsI (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jan 2007 08:48:08 -0500 Message-ID: <45A39D0D.7090007@garzik.org> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:47:57 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061219) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Avi Kivity CC: kvm-devel , linux-kernel , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [RFC] Stable kvm userspace interface References: <45A39A97.5060807@qumranet.com> In-Reply-To: <45A39A97.5060807@qumranet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.7 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Can we please avoid adding a ton of new ioctls? ioctls inevitably require 64-bit compat code for certain architectures, whereas sysfs/procfs does not. Jeff From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [RFC] Stable kvm userspace interface Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:47:57 -0500 Message-ID: <45A39D0D.7090007@garzik.org> References: <45A39A97.5060807@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel Return-path: To: Avi Kivity In-Reply-To: <45A39A97.5060807-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@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 Can we please avoid adding a ton of new ioctls? ioctls inevitably require 64-bit compat code for certain architectures, whereas sysfs/procfs does not. Jeff ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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