Re: AW: Re: [Qemu-devel] VMport patch

2008-01-22 Thread Anthony Liguori
Alexander Graf wrote: On Jan 21, 2008, at 3:41 AM, Anthony Liguori wrote: Mark Williamson wrote: I think it would be great to maintain compatibility with the binary-only versions of the vm tools though. But you're changing the semantics of the x86 instruction set. You potentially break a

Re: AW: Re: [Qemu-devel] VMport patch

2008-01-21 Thread Jamie Lokier
Mark Williamson wrote: > > > I think it would be great to maintain compatibility with the binary-only > > > versions of the vm tools though. > > > > But you're changing the semantics of the x86 instruction set. You > > potentially break a real operating system. It also eliminates the > > possibil

Re: AW: Re: [Qemu-devel] VMport patch

2008-01-20 Thread Alexander Graf
On Jan 21, 2008, at 3:41 AM, Anthony Liguori wrote: Mark Williamson wrote: I think it would be great to maintain compatibility with the binary-only versions of the vm tools though. But you're changing the semantics of the x86 instruction set. You potentially break a real operating system.

Re: AW: Re: [Qemu-devel] VMport patch

2008-01-20 Thread Anthony Liguori
Mark Williamson wrote: I think it would be great to maintain compatibility with the binary-only versions of the vm tools though. But you're changing the semantics of the x86 instruction set. You potentially break a real operating system. It also eliminates the possibility of nesting wit

Re: AW: Re: [Qemu-devel] VMport patch

2008-01-20 Thread Mark Williamson
> > I think it would be great to maintain compatibility with the binary-only > > versions of the vm tools though. > > But you're changing the semantics of the x86 instruction set. You > potentially break a real operating system. It also eliminates the > possibility of nesting with something like

Re: AW: Re: [Qemu-devel] VMport patch

2008-01-20 Thread Anthony Liguori
Alexander Graf wrote: I think it would be great to maintain compatibility with the binary-only versions of the vm tools though. But you're changing the semantics of the x86 instruction set. You potentially break a real operating system. It also eliminates the possibility of nesting with

AW: Re: [Qemu-devel] VMport patch

2008-01-20 Thread Alexander Graf
I think it would be great to maintain compatibility with the binary-only versions of the vm tools though. Regards, Alex - Ursprüngliche Nachricht - Von: Anthony Liguori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gesendet: Sonntag, 20. Januar 2008 22:40 An: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Betreff: Re: [Qemu-devel] VMpor