From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rusty Russell Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/10] Trivial: /dev/kvm interface is no longer experimental. Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:49:57 +1000 Message-ID: <1184716197.10380.45.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1184677946.10380.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200707171835.53092.arnd@arndb.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: Arnd Bergmann Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200707171835.53092.arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@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 Tue, 2007-07-17 at 18:35 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Tuesday 17 July 2007, Rusty Russell wrote: > > KVM interface is no longer experimental. > > > > Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell > > > > diff -r 4e57f5c6d4a9 include/linux/kvm.h > > --- a/include/linux/kvm.h Tue Jul 17 13:04:58 2007 +1000 > > +++ b/include/linux/kvm.h Tue Jul 17 13:09:54 2007 +1000 > > @@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ > > /* > > * Userspace interface for /dev/kvm - kernel based virtual machine > > * > > - * Note: this interface is considered experimental and may change without > > - * notice. > > + * Note: you must update KVM_API_VERSION if you change this interface. > > */ > > I don't like the idea of making this interface official. If this is the > point where we think it's perfect, it should become a set of real system > calls instead. I don't either, but I thought Avi had announced interface stability. That doesn't preclude a new API, but it does mean that the old one must be supported... Rusty. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/