> > This is Linux virtualization, where _both_ the host and the guest source code > > is fully known, and bugs (if any) can be found with a high degree of > It may sound strange but Windows is very popular guest and last I > checked my HW there was no Windows sources there, but the answer to that > is to emulate HW as close as possible to real one and then closed source > guests will not have a reason to be upset. > > > determinism. This is Linux where the players dont just vanish overnight, and > > are expected to do a proper job. And without even getting into closed/proprietary guests, virt is useful for testing/developing/deploying many free OSes, eg FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Hurd, <random research OS>, etc. Not to mention just wanting a stable [virtual] platform to run <old enterprise Linux distro> on. So having a virtual platform whose interface doesn't change very often or very much has a lot of value at least in avoiding churn in guest OSes. - R. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
