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Heiko Carstens wrote: > On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 03:53:12PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > >> This patchset updates the kvm userspace interface to what I hope will >> be the long-term stable interface. Provisions are included for extending >> the interface later. The patches address performance and cleanliness >> concerns. >> > > Searching the mailing list I figured that as soons as the interface seems > to be stable, kvm should/would switch to a system call based interface. > I assume the userspace interface might still change a lot, especially if > kvm is ported to new architectures. > But the general question is: do you still plan to switch to a syscall > interface? > I don't have any present plans for that. Maybe when the interface starts to evolve at a slower pace, or if it is shown to be significantly faster. Not that interface stabilization here doesn't mean a freeze; it means that backwards compatibility starts when this gets merged. -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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