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 [Xen-users] Re: Merge Xen (the hypervisor) into Linux
 
To: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx>From: Theodore Tso <tytso@xxxxxxx>Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 22:43:11 -0400Bcc: tytso@xxxxxxxCc: npiggin@xxxxxxx, ksrinivasan <ksrinivasan@xxxxxxxxxx>, jeremy@xxxxxxxx,	xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, wimcoekaerts@xxxxxxxxxxxx,	gregkh@xxxxxxx, George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	kurt.hackel@xxxxxxxxxx, x86@xxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,	Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	Stephen Spector <stephen.spector@xxxxxxxxxx>, avi@xxxxxxxxxx,	EAnderson@xxxxxxxxxx, jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx,	Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>, torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,	David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>Delivery-date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:43:20 -0700List-id: Xen user discussion <xen-users.lists.xensource.com>Mail-followup-to: Theodore Tso <tytso@xxxxxxx>,	Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx>,	Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>,	George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, jeremy@xxxxxxxx, avi@xxxxxxxxxx,	xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, x86@xxxxxxxxxx,	linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,	Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, gregkh@xxxxxxx,	kurt.hackel@xxxxxxxxxx, Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ksrinivasan <ksrinivasan@xxxxxxxxxx>,	EAnderson@xxxxxxxxxx, wimcoekaerts@xxxxxxxxxxxx,	Stephen Spector <stephen.spector@xxxxxxxxxx>, jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx,	npiggin@xxxxxxx 
 On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 05:00:21PM -0700, Dan Magenheimer wrote:
> That sound you heard was 10000 xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> all having heart attacks at once.
> 
> Need I say more.
So maybe I'm stupid, but why would they be having heart attacks?
It seems like a decent solutoin to me.  What's being proposed would
make the dom0/hypervisor interface an internal once, always subject to
change.  What's wrong with that?  Presumably the domU/hypervisor
interface would have to be remain stable, but why is the
dom0/hypervisor interface have to be sacred and unchanging?  I don't
understand the concern.
                                            - Ted
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