On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 06:02:57PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > Heiko Carstens wrote: > I agree with all of the above, and in addition, integration to the > scheduler will allow us to reduce vcpu migration rate, and maybe do > things like gang scheduling. > > But that doesn't mean it can be done now: we really need to see how it > works out with smp and with an additional arch, and then we can stabilize > it. Meanwhile I'd like a stable ABI so distros can start shipping > kvm without worrying about upgrade headaches. > > So the plan is: > - get the /dev/kvm ABI into 2.6.22 > - implement smp > - add another arch > - move to a syscall based interface in parallel; userspace should work with > both > - deprecate the old ABI and external modules.
I wasn't asking to change the ABI right now, just wanted to make sure that it is not the 'final' interface. So I agree with your plan. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
