From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Otte Subject: [patch 00/12] User controlled virtual machines Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:57:32 +0100 Message-ID: <20111201125732.085553111@de.ibm.com> Cc: Christian Borntraeger , Heiko Carstens , Martin Schwidefsky , Cornelia Huck , KVM , Joachim von Buttlar , Jens Freimann , Constantin Werner To: Avi Kivity , Marcelo Tossati Return-path: Received: from e06smtp16.uk.ibm.com ([195.75.94.112]:55121 "EHLO e06smtp16.uk.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753320Ab1LANEN (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2011 08:04:13 -0500 Received: from /spool/local by e06smtp16.uk.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Thu, 1 Dec 2011 13:04:11 -0000 Received: from d06av02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (d06av02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com [9.149.37.228]) by d06nrmr1707.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id pB1D49WC2502686 for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2011 13:04:09 GMT Received: from d06av02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d06av02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id pB1D49St023039 for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2011 06:04:09 -0700 Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Avi, Hi Marcelo, this patch series introduces an interface to allow a privileged userspace program to control a KVM virtual machine. The interface is intended for use by a machine simulator called CECSIM that can simulate an entire mainframe machine with nested virtualization and I/O for the purpose of testing and debugging its firmware prior to availability of silicon. This patchset allows for concurrent use of the KVM device driver to drive both regular and user controlled virtual machines at the same time. I would kindly like to ask for review and inclusion of these patches. with kind regards, Carsten