Re: [RFC, PATCH 5/24] i386 Vmi code patching

From: Chris Wright
Date: Wed Mar 22 2006 - 16:37:43 EST


* Andi Kleen (ak@xxxxxxx) wrote:
> The disassembly stuff indeed doesn't look like something
> that belongs in the kernel.

Strongly agreed. The strict ABI requirements put forth here are not
in-line with Linux, IMO. I think source compatibility is the limit of
reasonable, and any ROM code be in-tree if something like this were to
be viable upstream.

thanks,
-chris
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