> > > We need a Lingua Franca for hypervisors. > > > Consider the command > > > > > > hcp attach F200-F202 mylinux > > > > > > Makes perfect sense, though the "handle" is a zSeries I/O range. > > > What would that mean to INTeL? Might look more like > > > > Did I miss something? That address range is valid on IA32. > > Address range? Did you mean memory, IO ports, or interrupts? > With zSeries, a device has one address. With IA32, a device is > referenced by a vector.
The example sure has the appearance of an address range. With the advent of PCI, Intel devices sort out their interrupts automatically and can even share them. I/O addressing also is sorted out at boot time - a user specifying an address (or range) may well be disappointed when a new device is added or an old one shifted to a different slot or removed. Legacy ISA-compatible devices pop up at the same old addresses; on my machine this means some on-board devices such as serial ports, printer, IDE controllers. I have no ISA slots. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition.
