On Sat, 5 Aug 2006, Andi Kleen wrote: > The problem with VMI is that while it allows hypervisor side evolution > it doesn't really allow Linux side evolution with its fixed spec. > > But having it a bit isolated is probably ok. actually, wouldn't something like this allow for a one-way evolution (the spec can be changed, but the hypervisor side needs to support clients what only talk older versions. i.e. the new spec is a superset of the old one (barring major security-type problems that require exeptions to the rules))? David Lang