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