On Nov 8, 2007 6:00 AM, Richard Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > So, the decision in the linux virtualization world is to make all
> > paravirtual devices look like ... drum roll ... PCI devices.
>
> That's really tragic. Virtualisation of devices would be such a good
> opportunity to invent a nice simple interface abstracting away from
> all the hardware constraints. Sure, all the guest OSs will need new
> drivers - but using a simple interface means they should be really
> easy to write.
>
The opportunity still exists -- only one driver needs to implement
their numeric hack - 9p. Then the rest can be based off of that.
Unfortunately, evolution just comes slow and painful.
-eric
