Heiko Carstens wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 03:53:12PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
>   
>> This patchset updates the kvm userspace interface to what I hope will
>> be the long-term stable interface.  Provisions are included for extending
>> the interface later.  The patches address performance and cleanliness
>> concerns.
>>     
>
> Searching the mailing list I figured that as soons as the interface seems
> to be stable, kvm should/would switch to a system call based interface.
> I assume the userspace interface might still change a lot, especially if
> kvm is ported to new architectures.
> But the general question is: do you still plan to switch to a syscall
> interface?
>   

I don't have any present plans for that.  Maybe when the interface 
starts to evolve at a slower pace, or if it is shown to be significantly 
faster.

Not that interface stabilization here doesn't mean a freeze; it means 
that backwards compatibility starts when this gets merged.

-- 
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to 
panic.


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