Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:24:03 +0200 | From | Avi Kivity <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Unify KVM kernel-space and user-space code into a single project |
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On 03/21/2010 10:18 PM, Antoine Martin wrote: >> That includes the guest kernel. If you can deploy a new kernel in >> the guest, presumably you can deploy a userspace package. > > That's not always true. > The host admin can control the guest kernel via "kvm -kernel" easily > enough, but he may or may not have access to the disk that is used in > the guest. (think encrypted disks, service agreements, etc)
There is a matching -initrd argument that you can use to launch a daemon. I believe that -kernel use will be rare, though. It's a lot easier to keep everything in one filesystem.
-- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.
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