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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: Paravirtualization on VMware's Platform [VMI].
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:58:52 -0700
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Alok Kataria wrote:
> 
> What do you suggest would be the right time ? 
> 
> Please note that the next major release of VMware's product will not
> have this supported. Also that, most of our customers will actually be
> running some distro's enterprise release, rather than running the
> cutting edge kernel. So IMO there is still a window of around 1-1.5
> years, until a customer actually sees a kernel which has dropped VMI
> support.
> 

I would say it might make sense pulling it out around the end of 2010, 
which would be about 6 kernel releases from now -- 2.6.37.

	-hpa