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[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC, PATCH 0/24] VMI i386 Linux virtualization interface proposal
- To: Zachary Amsden <zach@xxxxxxxxxx>
- From: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:02:34 -0800
- Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>, Joshua LeVasseur <jtl@xxxxxxxxxx>, Xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Pratap Subrahmanyam <pratap@xxxxxxxxxx>, Wim Coekaerts <wim.coekaerts@xxxxxxxxxx>, Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxx>, Jack Lo <jlo@xxxxxxxxxx>, Dan Hecht <dhecht@xxxxxxxxxx>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>, Christopher Li <chrisl@xxxxxxxxxx>, Virtualization Mailing List <virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx>, Leendert van Doorn <leendert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Anne Holler <anne@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jyothy Reddy <jreddy@xxxxxxxxxx>, Kip Macy <kmacy@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Ky Srinivasan <ksrinivasan@xxxxxxxxxx>, Dan Arai <arai@xxxxxxxxxx>, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Delivery-date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:03:58 +0000
- List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xensource.com>
* Zachary Amsden (zach@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> This we find to be quite true. Now, you can use a VMI kernel, make
> changes to it, run it on native hardware, and be confident that it will
> run properly in a VM as well. And you can develop in a VM, with
> confidence that you can run on native hardware. You can even replace
> the entire "ROM" image with your own custom debugging image to add any
> type of debugging or performance monitoring facility you want - and you
> have some very, very interesting hook points into the kernel that make
> that task much more achievable.
Replacing a ROM image is easier in terms package management, but still
requires full validation and certification process. Swapping out the
underlying core is a major change and needs to be re-validated.
thanks,
-chris
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