Re: [ANNOUNCE] Native Linux KVM tool

From: Cyrill Gorcunov
Date: Fri Apr 08 2011 - 08:33:19 EST


On Friday, April 8, 2011, Alexander Graf <agraf@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 08.04.2011, at 12:42, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>
>> On 2011-04-08 11:32, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
>>> It seems there is a misunderstanding. KVM-tool is quite far from been KVM
>>> replacement (if ever). And what we're doing -- extremely tiny/small HV which
>>> would help us to debug/test kernel code.
>>
>> I think your core team may have this vision, but my impression is that
>> some people here think much further.
>
> I tend to agree. The core team seems to write this as a helping aid of learning the platform and getting to know KVM. I really like that approach :).
>
> However, if it's meant to be a "toy" (and I don't mean this negatively in any way), it really should be declared as such. Calling it "kvm" for example would be a huge mistake in that case.
>
> Either way, I like the idea of having a second user space available for x86. Even if it just means that it verifies that the documentation is correct :).
>
>
> Alex
>
>

If we manage to make kvm-tool mature i believe anyone will win in such
case. The annonce stated clear the kvm-tool relation to qemu.

Of course we have great planes tho :)
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