Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] Add VirtIO Frame Buffer Support

[Anthony L. <an...@co...>]

Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 11/03/2009 10:26 AM, Alexander Graf wrote:
>> Exactly. In fact, I'm even scared to reboot mine because I might end 
>> up in a 3270 terminal. The whole text only crap keeps people from 
>> using this platform! And that's what I want to change here.
>
> Ok.  I oppose paravirtualization for its own sake and only support it 
> if there's no other way to get performance.  In this case it buys us 
> basic functionality which is surprisingly missing on native, that's 
> arguably even more important.

There is no "native" on s390.  Everything is "paravirtual".

Regards,

Anthony Liguori