From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964801AbXCPODR (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:03:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964796AbXCPODR (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:03:17 -0400 Received: from e1.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.141]:45366 "EHLO e1.ny.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964789AbXCPODQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:03:16 -0400 Message-ID: <45FAA39C.9050705@us.ibm.com> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:03:08 -0500 From: Anthony Liguori User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070306) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Heiko Carstens CC: Avi Kivity , kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH 0/15] KVM userspace interface updates References: <11736212072915-git-send-email-avi@qumranet.com> <20070316083650.GA8525@osiris.boeblingen.de.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <20070316083650.GA8525@osiris.boeblingen.de.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Heiko Carstens wrote: > On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 03:53:12PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > >> This patchset updates the kvm userspace interface to what I hope will >> be the long-term stable interface. Provisions are included for extending >> the interface later. The patches address performance and cleanliness >> concerns. >> > > Searching the mailing list I figured that as soons as the interface seems > to be stable, kvm should/would switch to a system call based interface. > I assume the userspace interface might still change a lot, especially if > kvm is ported to new architectures. > But the general question is: do you still plan to switch to a syscall > interface? > What benefit would a syscall interface have? Regards, Anthony Liguori > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > _______________________________________________ > kvm-devel mailing list > kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel > >