Re: [PATCH] restore export of handle_mm_fault for Mac on Linux

From: Paul Mackerras
Date: Wed Jun 18 2008 - 08:45:22 EST


Christoph Hellwig writes:

> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:14:02PM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > The kernel modules for Mac on Linux (MOL) need handle_mm_fault.
> > MOL is a GPL licensed virtual machine to run MacOS(X) on PPC Linux.
>
> Has been rejected a few times. An now that we actually have kvm
> for powerpc in tree MOL should just merge with that project and
> do the right things in tree instead of beeing a really hacky
> module subverting the VM.

We don't have KVM for the "classic" 32-bit PowerPC processors, only
for the 44x family. And doing KVM for the classic 32-bit processors
would probably involve just as much hackery as MOL. :)

Paul.
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