Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756621Ab2JTSOa (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:14:30 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:47155 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756524Ab2JTSO3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:14:29 -0400 Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 20:14:25 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: Stephen Rothwell Cc: Pekka Enberg , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Ingo Molnar , Avi Kivity , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Linux KVM tool for v3.7-rc0 Message-ID: <20121020181425.GA11191@liondog.tnic> Mail-Followup-To: Borislav Petkov , Stephen Rothwell , Pekka Enberg , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Ingo Molnar , Avi Kivity , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig References: <20121016134129.2fcd7c8ebe1235065aea929e@canb.auug.org.au> <20121020180436.c42b7325431fe87104b008fa@canb.auug.org.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121020180436.c42b7325431fe87104b008fa@canb.auug.org.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1043 Lines: 29 On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 06:04:36PM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > So are there any compelling arguments from the proponents, or can > I remove this from linux-next (and have it removed from the tip > auto-latest branch)? FWIW, I gave this a run and I have to say, it works as advertized: I built it and ran it with the latest kernel and the thing simply boots the kernel. Even without a disk image - the simplest command is: $ ./lkvm run --kernel ../../arch/x86/boot/bzImage and it gets me a shell in the vm after a second. So the absolute advantage it gives kernel devs is that they can smoke-test whether their stuff boots in seconds. This is probably not helpful when enabling specific hw features but should be pretty helpful for generic arch stuff. HTH. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. -- 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/