From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752995AbXDBO7U (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Apr 2007 10:59:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753491AbXDBO7U (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Apr 2007 10:59:20 -0400 Received: from [198.99.130.12] ([198.99.130.12]:40151 "EHLO saraswathi.solana.com" rhost-flags-FAIL-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752995AbXDBO7T (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Apr 2007 10:59:19 -0400 Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 10:55:30 -0400 From: Jeff Dike To: Antoine Martin Cc: Blaisorblade , devzero@web.de, user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [uml-devel] [RFC] UML kernel & rootfs bundle with every kernel release ? Message-ID: <20070402145530.GB6179@c2.user-mode-linux.org> References: <1712880100@web.de> <200704012108.14597.blaisorblade@yahoo.it> <46100EF5.7040802@nagafix.co.uk> <20070402020530.GA589@c2.user-mode-linux.org> <4610D937.20002@nagafix.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4610D937.20002@nagafix.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 11:21:43AM +0100, Antoine Martin wrote: > Just like the network auto-configuration via dhcp, it would allow users > to download images+kernel and run them like appliances without > understanding anything about X or UML, just click and run. True, but I don't see that as being revolutionary. If people are going to run a VM, presumably they have some purpose in mind, but how often does that purpose involve having a GUI? Jeff -- Work email - jdike at linux dot intel dot com