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SubjectRe: Paravirtualization on VMware's Platform [VMI].
Alok Kataria wrote:
>
> What do you suggest would be the right time ?
>
> Please note that the next major release of VMware's product will not
> have this supported. Also that, most of our customers will actually be
> running some distro's enterprise release, rather than running the
> cutting edge kernel. So IMO there is still a window of around 1-1.5
> years, until a customer actually sees a kernel which has dropped VMI
> support.
>

I would say it might make sense pulling it out around the end of 2010,
which would be about 6 kernel releases from now -- 2.6.37.

-hpa



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