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Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 14/16] kvm: x86: Add user space part for in
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Avi Kivity |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 14/16] kvm: x86: Add user space part for in-kernel i8259 |
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Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:31:24 +0200 |
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On 12/03/2011 01:17 PM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> From: Jan Kiszka <address@hidden>
>
> Introduce the alternative 'kvm-i8259' device model that exploits KVM
> in-kernel acceleration.
>
> The PIIX3 initialization code is furthermore extended by KVM specific
> IRQ route setup. Moreover, GSI injection differs in KVM mode from the
> user space model. As we can dispatch ISA-range IRQs to both IOAPIC and
> PIC inside the kernel, we do not need to inject them separately. This is
> reflected by a KVM-specific GSI handler.
>
> +
> +qemu_irq *kvm_i8259_init(void)
> +{
> + ISADevice *dev;
> +
> + dev = isa_create("kvm-i8259");
>
Same issue. Is this a different device, or an different implementation
of the same device?
We're forcing migration from 1.0 to 1.1 to disable in-kernel irqchip on
the target. For qemu itself, that's no issue. But for qemu-kvm, it
will result in loss of performance, or hacks to alias the two back together.
--
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 02/16] kvm: Move kvmclock into hw/kvm folder, (continued)
[Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 16/16] kvm: Arm in-kernel irqchip support, Jan Kiszka, 2011/12/03
[Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 14/16] kvm: x86: Add user space part for in-kernel i8259, Jan Kiszka, 2011/12/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 14/16] kvm: x86: Add user space part for in-kernel i8259,
Avi Kivity <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 14/16] kvm: x86: Add user space part for in-kernel i8259, Jan Kiszka, 2011/12/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 14/16] kvm: x86: Add user space part for in-kernel i8259, Avi Kivity, 2011/12/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 14/16] kvm: x86: Add user space part for in-kernel i8259, Jan Kiszka, 2011/12/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 14/16] kvm: x86: Add user space part for in-kernel i8259, Avi Kivity, 2011/12/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 14/16] kvm: x86: Add user space part for in-kernel i8259, Jan Kiszka, 2011/12/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 14/16] kvm: x86: Add user space part for in-kernel i8259, Avi Kivity, 2011/12/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 14/16] kvm: x86: Add user space part for in-kernel i8259, Jan Kiszka, 2011/12/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 14/16] kvm: x86: Add user space part for in-kernel i8259, Avi Kivity, 2011/12/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 14/16] kvm: x86: Add user space part for in-kernel i8259, Blue Swirl, 2011/12/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 14/16] kvm: x86: Add user space part for in-kernel i8259, Jan Kiszka, 2011/12/04