Re: A proposal - binary

[Zachary Amsden]

Alan Cox wrote:
> Ar Iau, 2006-08-03 am 14:41 -0700, ysgrifennodd Zachary Amsden:
>   
> > Hence my point follows.  Using source compiled with the kernel as a 
> > module does nothing to provide a stable interface to the backend 
> > hardware / hypervisor implementation.
> >     
>
> Could have fooled me. It seems to work for the IBM Mainframe people
> really well. 
>   

Yes, but not because of source compatibility.  It works because the 
hypervisor layer is actually architected in the hardware.

Zach
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