Re: [PATCH 0 of 3] create kvm_x86

Avi Kivity
2007-12-01T10:04:27Z

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.

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