[TriLUG] Microsoft contributes drivers to Linux kernel

Steve Holton sph0lt0n at gmail.com
Tue Jul 21 06:18:14 EDT 2009


These appear to be drivers adding hooks into the Linux kernel, making
it easier (more standardized) for others to write virtualization
software, making it easier to host a virtual machine, running
Linux.....on Windows.

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 1:38 AM, Alexander Ray<alexjray.ncsu at gmail.com> wrote:
> From the article it looks like its gonna be sometime in the next 24 hours.[0]
>
> !Alex
>
> [0]"Greg Kroah-Hartman, the Linux driver project lead and a Novell
> fellow, said he accepted 22,000 lines of Microsoft's code at 9 a.m.PST
> Monday. Kroah-Hartman said the Microsoft code will be available as
> part of the next Linux public tree release in the next 24 hours. The
> code will become part of the 2.6.30.1 stable release. "
>
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 5:48 PM, John Mitchell<john280z at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Anyone know where the code is??
>>
>> john mitchell
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Scott Lambdin <lopaki at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Look at the code very, very carefully.
>>>
>>>
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