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From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: KVM call minutes for Feb 1
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:13:17 -0200
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On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 12:53:36PM -0500, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 05:36:13PM +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> > kvm_cpu_exec/kvm_run, and start wondering "What needs to be done to
> > upstream so that qemu-kvm could use that implementation?". If they
> > differ, the reasons need to be understood and patched away, either by
> > fixing/enhancing upstream or simplifying qemu-kvm. Once the upstream
> > changes are merged back, a qemu-kvm patch is posted to switch to that
> > version.
> 
> while I'm not an expert in that area I really like you're approach.  I'd
> really prefer to let you finish up all the major work that way before
> starting massive revamping like the glib main loop.  Resolving the
> qemu/qemu-kvm schisma surely is more important for the overall project
> than rewriting existing functionality to look a little nicer.

Agree.