From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Heiko Carstens Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/15] KVM userspace interface updates Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 11:22:52 +0100 Message-ID: <20070318102252.GA11201@osiris.ibm.com> References: <11736212072915-git-send-email-avi@qumranet.com> <20070316083650.GA8525@osiris.boeblingen.de.ibm.com> <45FCCC39.7090104@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, Andrew Morton , linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Avi Kivity Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45FCCC39.7090104-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 On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 07:20:57AM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > Heiko Carstens wrote: > >On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 03:53:12PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > > > >>This patchset updates the kvm userspace interface to what I hope will > >>be the long-term stable interface. Provisions are included for extending > >>the interface later. The patches address performance and cleanliness > >>concerns. > > [...] > >But the general question is: do you still plan to switch to a syscall > >interface? > > I don't have any present plans for that. Maybe when the interface starts > to evolve at a slower pace, or if it is shown to be significantly faster. > > Not that interface stabilization here doesn't mean a freeze; it means that > backwards compatibility starts when this gets merged. If the interface is considered to be stable you can get rid of the KVM_GET_API_VERSION ioctl, since the version can't change anymore, right? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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