Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758618AbXIQTbX (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:31:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756363AbXIQTbP (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:31:15 -0400 Received: from smtp-outbound-1.vmware.com ([65.113.40.141]:51369 "EHLO smtp-outbound-1.vmware.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756112AbXIQTbO (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:31:14 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] Consolidate host virtualization support under Virtualization menu From: Zachary Amsden To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Cc: Rusty Russell , Alexey Eremenko , lkml - Kernel Mailing List , virtualization In-Reply-To: <46ED440E.3020209@goop.org> References: <1189747054.7262.34.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1189747124.7262.36.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20070914091921.73007c5a.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <1189825504.7262.75.camel@localhost.localdomain> <7fac565a0709150149kf55de62q92496cf74e7b0581@mail.gmail.com> <1189928617.7262.98.camel@localhost.localdomain> <46ED440E.3020209@goop.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:31:20 -0700 Message-Id: <1190057480.5982.157.camel@bodhitayantram.eng.vmware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1161 Lines: 27 On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 07:56 -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > Rusty Russell wrote: > > Well, containerization deserves its own menu, but the question is does i > > it belong under this menu? > > No, I don't think so. While there are some broad similarities in > effect, the technology is completely different, as are the capabilities > and tradeoffs. They're pretty much orthogonal. It seems to me containerization is much more similar a feature to SYSV IPC, process accounting / auditing, and should be an option under General setup, possibly with its own submenu. Nearly all the features under general setup provide optional extensions to kernel services available from userspace, and so it seems containerization falls naturally into that category. Virtualization is completely different, and probably needs separate server (kvm, lguest) and client (kvm, lguest, xen, vmware) sections in it's menu. 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/