From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: [PATCH 0 of 3] create kvm_x86 Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:04:27 +0200 Message-ID: <475131AB.90601@qumranet.com> References: <4743F5AE.8090707@de.ibm.com> <4743F7DF.4000107@qumranet.com> <1196284556.9247.22.camel@basalt> <474FBB17.6080800@qumranet.com> <42DFA526FC41B1429CE7279EF83C6BDCA397C1@pdsmsx415.ccr.corp.intel.com> <474FD234.5060203@qumranet.com> <1196448210.7103.47.camel@basalt> <4750732B.7070502@qumranet.com> <1196456956.7103.60.camel@basalt> <47508408.8050202@codemonkey.ws> <1196460490.7103.67.camel@basalt> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: carsteno-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, kvm-ppc-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, "Zhang, Xiantao" To: Hollis Blanchard Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1196460490.7103.67.camel@basalt> 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 Hollis Blanchard wrote: > I hope to have multiple kvm-ppc-XXX.ko modules loaded simultaneously to > support different guest types on the same host. I haven't yet figured > out what that interface should look like, but obviously linking is > preferable to function pointers where feasible. > At least on modern x86, indirect calls are quite cheap. If it can be done cleanly, of course direct linking is preferable. -- Any sufficiently difficult bug is indistinguishable from a feature. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4