Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 Dec 2020 23:22:34 +0000 | From | Wei Liu <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 00/17] Introducing Linux root partition support for Microsoft Hypervisor |
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On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 08:51:38PM +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: > On 24.11.20 18:07, Wei Liu wrote: > > Hi, > > > There will be a subsequent patch series to provide a > > device node (/dev/mshv) such that userspace programs can create and run virtual > > machines. > > Any chance of using the already existing /dev/kvm interface ? >
I don't follow. Do you mean reusing /dev/kvm but with a different set of APIs underneath? I don't think that will work.
In any case, the first version of /dev/mshv was posted a few days ago [0]. While we've chosen to follow closely KVM's model, Microsoft Hypervisor has its own APIs.
Wei.
0: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hyperv/1605918637-12192-1-git-send-email-nunodasneves@linux.microsoft.com/
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