From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-14 release Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:42:53 +0200 Message-ID: <45D9C57D.9030203@qumranet.com> References: <45D98390.6060001@qumranet.com> <20070219131633.GF31525@redhat.com> <45D9A464.8040406@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel To: James Morris Return-path: In-Reply-To: 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 James Morris wrote: > It's traditional for the mainline kernel to maintain backward > compatibility with existing userspace ABIs (e.g. syscalls). > > The idea of a userspace application breaking because of a mainline kernel > upgrade is not acceptable to users and also pretty much unsupportable by > distros. > That is of course very true, and it is a goal of kvm to have a stable userspace interface. I plan to target 2.6.21 as the stable ABI release. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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