On 01/31/2013 06:28 PM, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
>>
>> Well, it is too nasty for public confession, but it's called
>> "paravirtualization".
>
> The fact that you are aware of it means we're not going to break them.
>
> But my point is that we must not be held back just in case someone out
> there might have painted himself in a corner without telling anyone.
>
Yes. However, it makes it more questionable to simply rip out
compression methods without warning. Not that warnings help, as we have
learned.
-hpa
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