[Users] OpenVZ as Kernel modules

[Peter Senna Tschudin]

Hi Tim,

I forgot to say that I like OpenVZ as it is. I really do.

My proposal has the objective to spread OpenVZ use. Think in the
module issue as a candidate for long range goal. I can see
"advantages" for OpenVZ. Does not mean that it is not good.

Peter

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Tim Nelson <tnelson at rockbochs.com> wrote:
> ----- "Scott Dowdle" <dowdle at montanalinux.org> wrote:
>> Peter,
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> > Why OpenVZ is not implemented as loadable Kernel modules? Is it
>> > possible?
>> >
>> > Would not this make OpenVZ ultra flexible and may make it widely
>> > available to new users?
>>
>> Some of OpenVZ is already implimented as modules.  Just do an lsmod |
>> grep vz on your OpenVZ host node.
>>
>> Speaking as a non-developer / non-programmer who is not familiar with
>> the OpenVZ design / implementation... I believe that OpenVZ requires a
>> lot of changes to many of the underlying subsystems... changes that
>> you can't do via a module.  The reason that KVM can get away with
>> being a module (I believe) is that changes have been made in the
>> mainline to accommodate KVM.  The only way OpenVZ could do what it
>> needs to do to become a standalone module like KVM is if all of the
>> needed changes to the underlying subsystems were made to mainline...
>> which isn't going to happen.
>>
>
> OK, I'll bite. What makes OpenVZ so horrific that it will never be put into mainline?
>
> --Tim
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