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From: Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
To: Hollis Blanchard <hollisb-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: kvm-devel
	<kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy-TSDbQ3PG+2Y@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Paravirt timer for KVM
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:47:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <47139994.4030606@qumranet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1192464113.25377.0.camel@basalt>

Hollis Blanchard wrote:
>>
>> I'd think there is no reason for virtual timer to be PIT like, which
>> is mostly due to historic reason.
>>
>> If we need to make it close to native timer device, HPET is much
>> better than PIT for virtual time to look like.
>>     
>
> Fine, so why do we need PV time when we can emulate the HPET?
>   

A pv timebase can require zero exits while any emulated timebase will 
require at least one.

-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function


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  reply	other threads:[~2007-10-15 16:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-12 16:08 [RFC] Paravirt timer for KVM Glauber de Oliveira Costa
     [not found] ` <5d6222a80710120908s6b1f5845head84e7b7a463cd1-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-12 18:10   ` Anthony Liguori
     [not found]     ` <470FB8AB.9030101-rdkfGonbjUSkNkDKm+mE6A@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-15 16:58       ` Glauber de Oliveira Costa
     [not found]         ` <5d6222a80710150958y31338c2ag3a391390b13788da-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-15 17:07           ` Avi Kivity
     [not found]             ` <47139E6F.7030704-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-15 18:09               ` Glauber de Oliveira Costa
     [not found]                 ` <5d6222a80710151109m5376449foc6be5b687c469a2b-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-16  7:31                   ` Avi Kivity
2007-10-12 18:39   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
     [not found]     ` <470FBF58.2080701-TSDbQ3PG+2Y@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-12 18:58       ` Anthony Liguori
2007-10-15 17:15       ` Glauber de Oliveira Costa
2007-10-12 19:48   ` Hollis Blanchard
2007-10-12 20:02     ` Anthony Liguori
     [not found]       ` <470FD2CA.1000702-rdkfGonbjUSkNkDKm+mE6A@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-12 21:55         ` Hollis Blanchard
2007-10-12 22:07           ` Anthony Liguori
     [not found]             ` <470FF036.6080803-rdkfGonbjUSkNkDKm+mE6A@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-15  4:04               ` Dong, Eddie
     [not found]                 ` <10EA09EFD8728347A513008B6B0DA77A023A6DCE-wq7ZOvIWXbNpB2pF5aRoyrfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-15 16:01                   ` Hollis Blanchard
2007-10-15 16:47                     ` Avi Kivity [this message]
     [not found]                       ` <47139994.4030606-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-15 23:05                         ` Hollis Blanchard
2007-10-16  8:15                           ` Gerd Hoffmann
     [not found]                             ` <4714731D.4040408-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-16 10:27                               ` Avi Kivity
2007-10-16  9:45                           ` Avi Kivity
     [not found]                             ` <4714882C.2050504-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-16 10:03                               ` Dong, Eddie
2007-10-15 17:52                   ` Glauber de Oliveira Costa
     [not found]                     ` <5d6222a80710151052j37f0561dn6dbb5b07f6f697d1-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-16  7:17                       ` Avi Kivity
2007-10-15 17:38           ` Glauber de Oliveira Costa
2007-10-15  8:41         ` Gerd Hoffmann
     [not found]           ` <471327C7.8060304-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-15  9:07             ` Avi Kivity
     [not found]               ` <47132DCF.3060906-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-15  9:56                 ` Gerd Hoffmann
     [not found]                   ` <47133957.20508-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-15 10:14                     ` Gildas
2007-10-15 11:02                     ` Carsten Otte
     [not found]                       ` <471348B1.30300-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-15 16:31                         ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-10-15 18:03                         ` Glauber de Oliveira Costa
2007-10-15 18:00                     ` Glauber de Oliveira Costa
     [not found]                       ` <5d6222a80710151100p63e8e9aata79b006b43f6c37e-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-16  7:20                         ` Avi Kivity
2007-10-16  7:40                         ` Gerd Hoffmann
2007-10-15 17:53                 ` Glauber de Oliveira Costa
     [not found]     ` <5d6222a80710151029y288fc65bs3d325d5c8d1f039c@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]       ` <1192489814.22523.36.camel@basalt>
2007-10-16  1:26         ` Glauber de Oliveira Costa
2007-10-12 22:09   ` Hollis Blanchard
2007-10-15 17:48     ` Glauber de Oliveira Costa
     [not found]       ` <5d6222a80710151048t22e747l42106a6507c811c6-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-15 22:54         ` Hollis Blanchard
2007-10-16  1:15           ` Glauber de Oliveira Costa
     [not found]             ` <5d6222a80710151815m2330c8b7ocf4fc352954a551c-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-16  9:47               ` Avi Kivity
2007-10-16  7:14         ` Avi Kivity
2007-10-16  8:41   ` Dong, Eddie

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