RE: [kvm-ia64-devel] [PATCH] ia64 kvm fixes for O=... builds

From: Zhang, Xiantao
Date: Sun May 04 2008 - 21:21:48 EST


Avi Kivity wrote:
> Zhang, Xiantao wrote:
>> Hi, Airo
>> Currenlty, We only allow CONFIG_KVM_INTEL = m , since it needs
>> to be relocated at insertion time.
>>
>
> In many ways this module is more like firmware than a standard kernel
> module, no?

Right, this module doesn't work in kernel context. Instead, it is
responsible for switching world between host and guest after relocation.
In this way, likely to be a firmware.
Xiantao
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