Re: libqemu => libkvm?

[Anthony Liguori <anthony-rdkfGonbjUSkNkDKm+mE6A@public.gmane.org>]

On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 18:49 -0500, gerryw-dHy0zPTSVEVBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org wrote:
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> Hi Folks, 
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> I've been spending some time playing around with KVM and I am starting
> to become interested in making a contribution to the project. I'm
> considering the idea of writing a library interface to libqemu in a
> KVM context.

What do you mean by libqemu?  The libqemu in the QEMU project is a
library for the CPU translation.  It actually doesn't really serve a
purpose in the context of KVM.  It is not the sort of thing you'd write
a GUI tool around.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

>  I am aware of libvirt, but that isn't what I'm thinking here. This
> lib would be very specific to KVM. I have been poking around in the
> source a bit and it seems like it would be possible. Before I go
> further, I thought I would ask a few questions. I would also
> appreciate any and all opinions on the subject. 
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> 1. Is anyone already thinking about , or actually doing this? 
> 2. Does this sound useful? 
> 3. Is the libqemu API stable enough at this point to write code
> against? 
> 4. Can anyone see any immediate road blocks to doing this? 
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> This would probably also include a cross platform GUI interface at
> some point. This interface would be specific to KVM and the subtle
> nuances that make it unique. I've been looking for a good excuse to
> use FLTK on a project anyway ;-) 
> 
> Thanks for your consideration, 
> -G 
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