Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161566AbWHDWsx (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Aug 2006 18:48:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161567AbWHDWsx (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Aug 2006 18:48:53 -0400 Received: from warden-p.diginsite.com ([208.29.163.248]:47246 "HELO warden.diginsite.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1161566AbWHDWsw (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Aug 2006 18:48:52 -0400 Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 15:45:33 -0700 (PDT) From: David Lang X-X-Sender: dlang@dlang.diginsite.com To: Arjan van de Ven cc: Antonio Vargas , Rusty Russell , Andrew Morton , jeremy@xensource.com, greg@kroah.com, zach@vmware.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org, hch@infradead.org, jlo@vmware.com, xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, simon@xensource.com, ian.pratt@xensource.com, jeremy@goop.org Subject: Re: A proposal - binary In-Reply-To: <44D3C37F.7020803@linux.intel.com> Message-ID: References: <44D1CC7D.4010600@vmware.com> <20060803190605.GB14237@kroah.com> <44D24DD8.1080006@vmware.com> <20060803200136.GB28537@kroah.com> <44D2B678.6060400@xensource.com> <20060803211850.3a01d0cc.akpm@osdl.org> <1154667875.11382.37.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060803225357.e9ab5de1.akpm@osdl.org> <1154675100.11382.47.camel@localhost.localdomain> <69304d110608041146t44077033j9a10ae6aee19a16d@mail.gmail.com> <44D39F73.8000803@linux.intel.com> <44D3C37F.7020803@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 981 Lines: 25 On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Arjan van de Ven wrote: >> >> so if I understand this correctly we are saying that a kernel compiled to >> run on hypervisor A would need to be recompiled to run on hypervisor B, and >> recompiled again to run on hypervisor C, etc >> > no the actual implementation of the operation structure is dynamic and can be > picked > at runtime, so you can compile a kernel for A,B *and* C and at runtime the > kernel > picks the one you have Ok, I was under the impression that this sort of thing was frowned upon for hotpath items (which I understand a good chunk of this would be). this still leaves the question of old client on new hypervisors that is continueing in other branches of this thread. David Lang - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/