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Subject: Re: [9fans] From our "not quite grasping the concept" file
From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Thu,  8 Nov 2007 08:57:33 -0500
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>> So, the decision in the linux virtualization world is to make all
>> paravirtual devices look like ... drum roll ... PCI devices.
> 
> That's really tragic.  Virtualisation of devices would be such a good
> opportunity to invent a nice simple interface abstracting away from
> all the hardware constraints.  Sure, all the guest OSs will need new
> drivers - but using a simple interface means they should be really
> easy to write.

one day software will break
free of this silicon coil
the code will then ache
for one more cycle to toil

- erik