Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:10:39 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [patch] SMP alternatives |
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On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Andi Kleen wrote: > > I don't think it'll force them to that, it will just be a common > use case. e.g. you start a separate VM to run your firewall in. > Do you really need it multithreaded?
The question is: do you need a virtualized environment for it.
And the answer is: no.
I realize that you can make up an infinite number of things you _can_ use virtualization for. That doesn't mean that people _will_.
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