Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934019AbXHVVuu (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:50:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761234AbXHVVul (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:50:41 -0400 Received: from smtp-outbound-1.vmware.com ([65.113.40.141]:54671 "EHLO smtp-outbound-1.vmware.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1763508AbXHVVuk (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:50:40 -0400 Message-ID: <46CCAE7A.7000206@vmware.com> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:45:30 -0700 From: Zachary Amsden User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andi Kleen CC: Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Virtualization Mailing List , Rusty Russell , Chris Wright , Avi Kivity , Jeremy Fitzhardinge Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add I/O hypercalls for i386 paravirt References: <46CBC842.4070100@vmware.com> <20070822102217.GE2642@bingen.suse.de> <46CC68D9.5060200@vmware.com> <20070822175918.GB8058@bingen.suse.de> <46CC6D63.2010204@vmware.com> <20070822194632.GD8058@bingen.suse.de> <46CC9FF2.3040406@vmware.com> <20070822220451.GJ8058@bingen.suse.de> In-Reply-To: <20070822220451.GJ8058@bingen.suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 745 Lines: 23 Andi Kleen wrote: > >> We might benefit from it, but would the >> BusLogic driver? It sets a nasty precedent for maintenance as different >> hypervisors and emulators hack up different drivers for their own >> performance. >> > > I still think it's preferable to change some drivers than everybody. > > AFAIK BusLogic as real hardware is pretty much dead anyways, > so you're probably the only primary user of it anyways. > Go wild on it! > It is looking juicy. Maybe another day. Zach - 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/