Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:26:16 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
Cc: John Stoffel <john@stoffel.org>,
       linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] KVM: userspace interface
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On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 04:43:20PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> John Stoffel wrote:
> >Avi> This patch defines a bunch of ioctl()s on /dev/kvm.  The ioctl()s
> >Avi> allow adding memory to a virtual machine, adding a virtual cpu to
> >Avi> a virtual machine (at most one at this time), transferring
> >Avi> control to the virtual cpu, and querying about guest pages
> >Avi> changed by the virtual machine.
> >
> >Yuck.  ioclts are deprecated, you should be using /sysfs instead for
> >stuff like this, or configfs.  
> >  
> 
> I need to pass small amounts of data back and forth very efficiently.  
> sysfs and configfs are more for one-time admin stuff, not for continuous 
> device control.

I agree, sysfs or configfs is not for what you are wanting to do here.

thanks,

greg k-h
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