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From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
To: Charles N Wyble <charles@thewybles.com>
Cc: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>,
	lkml - Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	virtualization <virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] Consolidate host virtualization support	under	Virtualization menu
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:18:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <46EF1952.3010604@goop.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46EF0E0A.2000804@thewybles.com>

Charles N Wyble wrote:
>
>
> Zachary Amsden wrote:
> <snip>>
> > Virtualization is completely different, and probably needs separate
> > server (kvm, lguest) and client (kvm, lguest, xen, vmware) sections in
> > it's menu.
>
>
> So what is the differentiation between client and server above? Just
> curious what makes kvm and lguest server and client.

"Host" and "guest" are better terms, I think.  Kvm is all host, since
guests need no modification.  lguest turns the kernel into both host and
guest.  Xen Linux kernels are all guest, since the Xen hypervisor is the
host.

    J

  reply	other threads:[~2007-09-18  0:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-09-14  5:17 [PATCH 1/3] Normalize config options for guest support Rusty Russell
2007-09-14  5:18 ` [PATCH 2/3] Consolidate host virtualization support under Virtualization menu Rusty Russell
2007-09-14  5:21   ` [PATCH 3/3] Time to make CONFIG_PARAVIRT non-experimental Rusty Russell
2007-09-18 10:57     ` Andi Kleen
2007-09-18 20:04       ` Charles N Wyble
2007-09-18 20:20         ` Andi Kleen
2007-09-18 20:27           ` Charles N Wyble
2007-09-18 20:41             ` Andi Kleen
2007-09-20 15:45             ` Satyam Sharma
2007-09-20 16:09               ` Charles N Wyble
2007-09-20 16:47                 ` Satyam Sharma
2007-09-18 21:34       ` Rusty Russell
2007-09-18 21:52         ` Andi Kleen
2007-09-19  1:53           ` Rusty Russell
2007-09-19  3:59           ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-09-19 10:43             ` Ian Campbell
2007-09-14 16:19   ` [PATCH 2/3] Consolidate host virtualization support under Virtualization menu Randy Dunlap
2007-09-14 20:01     ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-09-15  3:05     ` Rusty Russell
2007-09-15  8:49       ` Alexey Eremenko
2007-09-16  7:43         ` Rusty Russell
2007-09-16 14:56           ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-09-17 19:31             ` Zachary Amsden
2007-09-17 23:30               ` Charles N Wyble
2007-09-18  0:18                 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge [this message]
2007-09-18 20:11                   ` Charles N Wyble
2007-09-19  9:38                     ` Alexey Eremenko

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