Re: [PATCH v3 00/17] Introducing Linux root partition support for Microsoft Hypervisor

2021-02-02 Thread Wei Liu
On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 10:40:43AM +, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Tue, 2020-12-15 at 16:42 +, Wei Liu wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 04:25:03PM +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult > > wrote: > > > On 03.12.20 00:22, Wei Liu wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > I don't follow. Do

Re: [PATCH v3 00/17] Introducing Linux root partition support for Microsoft Hypervisor

2021-02-02 Thread David Woodhouse
On Tue, 2020-12-15 at 16:42 +, Wei Liu wrote: > On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 04:25:03PM +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult > wrote: > > On 03.12.20 00:22, Wei Liu wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > I don't follow. Do you mean reusing /dev/kvm but with a different set of > > > APIs underneath? I

Re: [PATCH v3 00/17] Introducing Linux root partition support for Microsoft Hypervisor

2020-12-15 Thread Wei Liu
On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 04:25:03PM +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: > On 03.12.20 00:22, Wei Liu wrote: > > Hi, > > > I don't follow. Do you mean reusing /dev/kvm but with a different set of > > APIs underneath? I don't think that will work. > > My idea was using the same uapi

Re: [PATCH v3 00/17] Introducing Linux root partition support for Microsoft Hypervisor

2020-12-15 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
On 03.12.20 00:22, Wei Liu wrote: Hi, > I don't follow. Do you mean reusing /dev/kvm but with a different set of > APIs underneath? I don't think that will work. My idea was using the same uapi for both hypervisors, so that we can use the same userlands for both. Are the semantis so different

Re: [PATCH v3 00/17] Introducing Linux root partition support for Microsoft Hypervisor

2020-12-02 Thread Wei Liu
On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 08:51:38PM +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: > On 24.11.20 18:07, Wei Liu wrote: > > Hi, > > > There will be a subsequent patch series to provide a > > device node (/dev/mshv) such that userspace programs can create and run > > virtual > > machines. > >

Re: [PATCH v3 00/17] Introducing Linux root partition support for Microsoft Hypervisor

2020-12-02 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
On 24.11.20 18:07, Wei Liu wrote: Hi, > There will be a subsequent patch series to provide a > device node (/dev/mshv) such that userspace programs can create and run > virtual > machines. Any chance of using the already existing /dev/kvm interface ? --mtx -- --- Hinweis: unverschlüsselte

[PATCH v3 00/17] Introducing Linux root partition support for Microsoft Hypervisor

2020-11-24 Thread Wei Liu
Hi all Here we propose this patch series to make Linux run as the root partition [0] on Microsoft Hypervisor [1]. There will be a subsequent patch series to provide a device node (/dev/mshv) such that userspace programs can create and run virtual machines. We've also ported Cloud Hypervisor [3]