From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
To: kvm-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio: Define and use per-architecture "pfn shift" constants
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:07:38 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49134E8A.3030303@codemonkey.ws> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200811052254.04409.hollisb@us.ibm.com>
Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> # HG changeset patch
> # User Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@us.ibm.com>
> # Date 1225946980 21600
> # Node ID f58566dfe20e841604e1377ff41e9e0501c1cf18
> # Parent f776b102380286dd173a3b89f7dc976140812517
> virtio: Define and use per-architecture "pfn shift" constants
>
> Both sides of the virtio interface must agree about how big a pfn really is.
> This is particularly an issue on architectures where the page size is
> configurable (e.g. PowerPC, IA64) -- the interface must be independent of
> PAGE_SHIFT.
>
> This patch should have no functional effect on x86 or ia64, but an ack from the IA64 guys
> would be good because I'm not clear on their page size requirements.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@us.ibm.com>
>
>
This is missing a fix for virtio-balloon.
Regards,
Anthony Liguori
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From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
To: Hollis Blanchard <hollisb-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: rusty-8n+1lVoiYb80n/F98K4Iww@public.gmane.org,
kvm-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
kvm-ppc-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
kvm-ia64-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio: Define and use per-architecture "pfn shift" constants
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:07:38 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49134E8A.3030303@codemonkey.ws> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f58566dfe20e841604e1.1225946982-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> # HG changeset patch
> # User Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@us.ibm.com>
> # Date 1225946980 21600
> # Node ID f58566dfe20e841604e1377ff41e9e0501c1cf18
> # Parent f776b102380286dd173a3b89f7dc976140812517
> virtio: Define and use per-architecture "pfn shift" constants
>
> Both sides of the virtio interface must agree about how big a pfn really is.
> This is particularly an issue on architectures where the page size is
> configurable (e.g. PowerPC, IA64) -- the interface must be independent of
> PAGE_SHIFT.
>
> This patch should have no functional effect on x86 or ia64, but an ack from the IA64 guys
> would be good because I'm not clear on their page size requirements.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@us.ibm.com>
>
>
This is missing a fix for virtio-balloon.
Regards,
Anthony Liguori
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From: Anthony Liguori <anthony-rdkfGonbjUSkNkDKm+mE6A@public.gmane.org>
To: Hollis Blanchard <hollisb-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: rusty-8n+1lVoiYb80n/F98K4Iww@public.gmane.org,
kvm-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
kvm-ppc-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
kvm-ia64-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio: Define and use per-architecture "pfn shift" constants
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:07:38 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49134E8A.3030303@codemonkey.ws> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f58566dfe20e841604e1.1225946982-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> # HG changeset patch
> # User Hollis Blanchard <hollisb-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> # Date 1225946980 21600
> # Node ID f58566dfe20e841604e1377ff41e9e0501c1cf18
> # Parent f776b102380286dd173a3b89f7dc976140812517
> virtio: Define and use per-architecture "pfn shift" constants
>
> Both sides of the virtio interface must agree about how big a pfn really is.
> This is particularly an issue on architectures where the page size is
> configurable (e.g. PowerPC, IA64) -- the interface must be independent of
> PAGE_SHIFT.
>
> This patch should have no functional effect on x86 or ia64, but an ack from the IA64 guys
> would be good because I'm not clear on their page size requirements.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hollis Blanchard <hollisb-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
>
>
This is missing a fix for virtio-balloon.
Regards,
Anthony Liguori
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-06 20:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-06 4:54 [PATCH] virtio: Define and use per-architecture "pfn shift" constants Hollis Blanchard
2008-11-06 4:54 ` Hollis Blanchard
2008-11-06 4:54 ` Hollis Blanchard
2008-11-06 10:49 ` [PATCH] virtio: Define and use per-architecture "pfn shift" Mark McLoughlin
2008-11-06 10:49 ` [PATCH] virtio: Define and use per-architecture "pfn shift" constants Mark McLoughlin
2008-11-06 10:49 ` [PATCH] virtio: Define and use per-architecture "pfn shift" Mark McLoughlin
2008-11-06 13:59 ` [PATCH] virtio: Define and use per-architecture "pfn shift" constants Anthony Liguori
2008-11-06 13:59 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-11-06 13:59 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-11-06 15:50 ` [PATCH] virtio: Define and use per-architecture "pfn shift" Hollis Blanchard
2008-11-06 15:50 ` [PATCH] virtio: Define and use per-architecture "pfn shift" constants Hollis Blanchard
2008-11-06 15:50 ` [PATCH] virtio: Define and use per-architecture "pfn shift" Hollis Blanchard
2008-11-06 16:22 ` [PATCH] virtio: Define and use per-architecture "pfn shift" constants Anthony Liguori
2008-11-06 16:22 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-11-06 16:22 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-11-06 20:07 ` Anthony Liguori [this message]
2008-11-06 20:07 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-11-06 20:07 ` Anthony Liguori
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2008-11-06 4:49 Hollis Blanchard
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