Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:06:27 -0800 | From | Chris Wright <> | Subject | Re: [RFC, PATCH 5/24] i386 Vmi code patching |
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* Zachary Amsden (zach@vmware.com) wrote: > No, you don't need to dream up all the possible interface bits ahead of > time. With a la carte interfaces, you can take what you need now, and > add features later. You don't need an ABI for features. You need it > for compatibility. You will need to update the hypervisor ABI. And you > can't force people to upgrade their kernels.
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