<quote who="Miller, Marc">
> If driver management becomes the role of the hypervisor or even of the
> firmware and there is no "host" operating system to speak of, will Linux
> drivers still matter?
The Linux folks have very deftly turned Linux into the hypervisor [1], so
however this pans out, you'll be stuck solving the "Linux driver problem"
[2] whichever way you turn. :-)
- Jeff
[1] A remarkable jujitsu move! Dodges the Xen bullet and keeps Linux in the
"very important project" list all at once! Who'da thought we'd refer to
something as large as Linux as a hypervisor...?
[2] Which is purely a matter of perception vs. supplier stupidity. All the
sensible suppliers have realised that Linux is a vastly more interesting
vector for selling interesting new hardware anyway. Hi, Intel!
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