On Tuesday 09 January 2007 14:37, Avi Kivity wrote:
struct kvm_vcpu_area {
u32 vcpu_area_size;
u32 exit_reason;
sigset_t sigmask; // for use during vcpu execution
Since Jeff brought up the point of 32 bit compatibility:
When this structure is shared between 64 bit kernel and
32
I had originally hoped to get this in for 2.6.20. It now looks like .20
will have a shorter cycle than usual, and the mmu took a bit longer than
expected, so it's more realistic to aim for 2.6.21.
The current kvm userspace interface has several deficiencies:
- open(/dev/kvm) returns a
Can we please avoid adding a ton of new ioctls? ioctls inevitably
require 64-bit compat code for certain architectures, whereas
sysfs/procfs does not.
Jeff
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On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote:
Can we please avoid adding a ton of new ioctls? ioctls inevitably
require 64-bit compat code for certain architectures, whereas
sysfs/procfs does not.
I guess ioctl is not as important now if the API is now always talking to
one VM.
- James
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