Re: [RFC PATCH 00/17] virtual-bus

[Herbert Xu]

Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> That said, I don't think we're bound today by the fact that we're in  
>> userspace.  Rather we're bound by the interfaces we have between the  
>> host kernel and userspace to generate IO.  I'd rather fix those  
>> interfaces than put more stuff in the kernel.
> 
> And more stuff in the kernel can come at the potential cost of weakening
> protection/isolation.

Protection/isolation always comes at a cost.  Not everyone wants
to pay that, just like health insurance :) We should enable the
users to choose which model they want, based on their needs.

Cheers,
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