From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add I/O hypercalls for i386 paravirt
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:45:30 -0700
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Andi Kleen wrote:
>
>> We might benefit from it, but would the 
>> BusLogic driver?  It sets a nasty precedent for maintenance as different 
>> hypervisors and emulators hack up different drivers for their own 
>> performance.
>>     
>
> I still think it's preferable to change some drivers than everybody.
>
> AFAIK BusLogic as real hardware is pretty much dead anyways,
> so you're probably the only primary user of it anyways.
> Go wild on it!
>   

It is looking juicy.  Maybe another day.

Zach