Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932095AbXAIOC5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jan 2007 09:02:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932098AbXAIOC5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jan 2007 09:02:57 -0500 Received: from mail4.sea5.speakeasy.net ([69.17.117.6]:48145 "EHLO mail4.sea5.speakeasy.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932095AbXAIOC4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jan 2007 09:02:56 -0500 Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 09:02:53 -0500 (EST) From: James Morris X-X-Sender: jmorris@d.namei To: Jeff Garzik cc: Avi Kivity , kvm-devel , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] [RFC] Stable kvm userspace interface In-Reply-To: <45A39D0D.7090007@garzik.org> Message-ID: References: <45A39A97.5060807@qumranet.com> <45A39D0D.7090007@garzik.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 575 Lines: 19 On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Can we please avoid adding a ton of new ioctls? ioctls inevitably > require 64-bit compat code for certain architectures, whereas > sysfs/procfs does not. I guess ioctl is not as important now if the API is now always talking to one VM. - James -- James Morris - 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/