From: Mischa <openbsd@mlst.nl>
Subject: Re: anyone building hypervisors on vmm(4)'s api?
To: Dave Voutila <dv@sisu.io>
Cc: tech@openbsd.org
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:51:37 +0200

Hi Dave,

I am not using the vmm API. :)

Mischa

On 2025-10-21 16:01, Dave Voutila wrote:
> I'm working on some ideas that require breaking changes with vmm(4)'s
> ioctls. We haven't made many breaking changes recently, so I wanted to
> put out a feeler for folks to speak up if they're building on the API
> defined in vmm.4.
> 
> In the past, there was a hypervisor (written in ocaml I think?) that 
> did
> this but since dropped support for running natively atop vmm(4).
> 
> Give a shout either directly or on list. I'm happy to work with
> developers on this as it provides a good feedback signal on if my ideas
> cause too much friction and how to improve the design.
> 
> -dv