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Subject: Re: [RFC, PATCH 0/24] VMI i386 Linux virtualization
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From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
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>   The interface we propose we 
> believe is more powerful, and more conducive to performance 
> optimizations while providing significant advantages - most 
> specifically, a single binary image that is properly virtualizable on 
> multiple hypervisors and capable of running on native hardware.

that is mostly an advantage in the binary would though.. less so in the
open source world.


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