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Cc: Glauber Costa <glommer@redhat.com>, Consul <void@aleksoft.net>, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org

Andreas F=E4rber wrote:
> I have a dream of something like the Open Group specification, which=20
> describes a virtualization standard in terms of required C types,=20
> preprocessor defines, functions, valid parameters, expected return=20
> values etc. It would allow multiple source-compatible but differing=20
> implementations and would in theory even allow to consolidate the=20
> current virtualization island solutions into sane, interoperable=20
> solutions. Is this too far from KVM reality?

Aren't those things standardized only after everyone loses interest in th=
em?

It's on my TODO to document the kvm interfaces.  Unfortunately=20
documentation jobs tend to stay low on the priority list.  If someone=20
wants to volunteer to do this I will render them any assistance I can.

--=20
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function