From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anthony Liguori Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 7/9] Virtual network guest device driver Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 10:05:18 -0500 Message-ID: <465306AE.5080902@codemonkey.ws> References: <200705211328.04565.arnd@arndb.de> <4651E8D1.4010208@us.ibm.com> <13426df10705211609j613032c6j373d9a4660f8ec6c@mail.gmail.com> <46523952.7070405@codemonkey.ws> <46524A79.8070004@codemonkey.ws> <46527CD9.5000603@qumranet.com> <20070522125655.GA4506@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jimi Xenidis , "jmk-zzFmDc4TPjtKvsKVC3L/VUEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org" , Christian Borntraeger , mschwid2-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org, Christoph Hellwig , kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, Suzanne McIntosh To: Eric Van Hensbergen 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 Eric Van Hensbergen wrote: > On 5/22/07, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > >>> I didn't think we were talking about the general case, I thought we >>> were discussing the PV case. >>> >>> >> In case of KVM no one is speaking of pure PV. >> >> > > Why not? It seems worthwhile to come up with something that can cover > the whole spectrum instead of having different hypervisors (and > interfaces). > Because in a few years, almost everyone will have hardware capable of doing full virtualization so why bother with pure PV. > Maybe my view is skewed because I don't care to run windows. > It's not just windows. There are a lot of people who want to use virtualization to run RHEL2 or even RH9. Backporting PV to these kernels is a huge effort. Regards, Anthony Liguori > -eric > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > kvm-devel mailing list > kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/