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Re: [Qemu-devel] Slow kernel/initrd loading via fw_cfg; Was Re: Hack int
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Avi Kivity |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] Slow kernel/initrd loading via fw_cfg; Was Re: Hack integrating SeaBios / LinuxBoot option rom with QEMU trace backends |
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Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:45:48 +0200 |
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On 10/11/2011 03:29 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> On 10/11/2011 08:23 AM, Avi Kivity wrote:
>> On 10/11/2011 03:19 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>>>> No, DMA has a lot bigger granularities in kvm/user interaction. We
>>>> can easily DMA a 50MB region with a single kvm/user exit. For PIO we
>>>> can at most do page granularity.
>>>
>>>
>>> So make a proper PCI device for kernel loading. It's a much more
>>> natural approach and let's use alias -kernel/-initrd/-append to
>>> -device kernel-pci,kernel=PATH,initrd=PATH
>>
>> This is overkill. First let's optimize rep/movs before introducing any
>> more interfaces. If that doesn't work, then we can have a dma interface
>> for fwcfg. But a new pci device?
>
> This is how it would work on bare metal. Why is a PCI device overkill
> compared to a dma interface for fwcfg?
>
Because it's a limited use case, despite all the talk around it.
> If we're adding dma to fwcfg, then fwcfg has become far too complex
> for it's intended purpose.
>
I have to agree to that.
btw, -net nic,model=virtio -net user is an internal DMA interface we
already have. We can boot from it. Why not use it?
--
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Slow kernel/initrd loading via fw_cfg; Was Re: Hack integrating SeaBios / LinuxBoot option rom with QEMU trace backends, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Slow kernel/initrd loading via fw_cfg; Was Re: Hack integrating SeaBios / LinuxBoot option rom with QEMU trace backends, Anthony Liguori, 2011/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Slow kernel/initrd loading via fw_cfg; Was Re: Hack integrating SeaBios / LinuxBoot option rom with QEMU trace backends, Alexander Graf, 2011/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Slow kernel/initrd loading via fw_cfg; Was Re: Hack integrating SeaBios / LinuxBoot option rom with QEMU trace backends, Gleb Natapov, 2011/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Slow kernel/initrd loading via fw_cfg; Was Re: Hack integrating SeaBios / LinuxBoot option rom with QEMU trace backends, Anthony Liguori, 2011/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Slow kernel/initrd loading via fw_cfg; Was Re: Hack integrating SeaBios / LinuxBoot option rom with QEMU trace backends, Avi Kivity, 2011/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Slow kernel/initrd loading via fw_cfg; Was Re: Hack integrating SeaBios / LinuxBoot option rom with QEMU trace backends, Gleb Natapov, 2011/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Slow kernel/initrd loading via fw_cfg; Was Re: Hack integrating SeaBios / LinuxBoot option rom with QEMU trace backends, Anthony Liguori, 2011/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Slow kernel/initrd loading via fw_cfg; Was Re: Hack integrating SeaBios / LinuxBoot option rom with QEMU trace backends,
Avi Kivity <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Slow kernel/initrd loading via fw_cfg; Was Re: Hack integrating SeaBios / LinuxBoot option rom with QEMU trace backends, Anthony Liguori, 2011/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Slow kernel/initrd loading via fw_cfg; Was Re: Hack integrating SeaBios / LinuxBoot option rom with QEMU trace backends, Daniel P. Berrange, 2011/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Slow kernel/initrd loading via fw_cfg; Was Re: Hack integrating SeaBios / LinuxBoot option rom with QEMU trace backends, Anthony Liguori, 2011/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Slow kernel/initrd loading via fw_cfg; Was Re: Hack integrating SeaBios / LinuxBoot option rom with QEMU trace backends, Alexander Graf, 2011/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Slow kernel/initrd loading via fw_cfg; Was Re: Hack integrating SeaBios / LinuxBoot option rom with QEMU trace backends, Daniel P. Berrange, 2011/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Slow kernel/initrd loading via fw_cfg; Was Re: Hack integrating SeaBios / LinuxBoot option rom with QEMU trace backends, Gleb Natapov, 2011/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Slow kernel/initrd loading via fw_cfg; Was Re: Hack integrating SeaBios / LinuxBoot option rom with QEMU trace backends, Avi Kivity, 2011/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Slow kernel/initrd loading via fw_cfg; Was Re: Hack integrating SeaBios / LinuxBoot option rom with QEMU trace backends, Anthony Liguori, 2011/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Slow kernel/initrd loading via fw_cfg; Was Re: Hack integrating SeaBios / LinuxBoot option rom with QEMU trace backends, Gleb Natapov, 2011/10/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Slow kernel/initrd loading via fw_cfg; Was Re: Hack integrating SeaBios / LinuxBoot option rom with QEMU trace backends, Kevin O'Connor, 2011/10/15