From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:42:02 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/27] Add KVM support for Book3s_64 (PPC64) hosts v4 Message-Id: <4AC319DA.70109@redhat.com> List-Id: References: <1254212303-8737-1-git-send-email-agraf@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <1254212303-8737-1-git-send-email-agraf@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org On 09/29/2009 10:17 AM, Alexander Graf wrote: > KVM for PowerPC only supports embedded cores at the moment. > > While it makes sense to virtualize on small machines, it's even more fun > to do so on big boxes. So I figured we need KVM for PowerPC64 as well. > > This patchset implements KVM support for Book3s_64 hosts and guest support > for Book3s_64 and G3/G4. > > To really make use of this, you also need a recent version of qemu. > Looks good to my non-ppc eyes. I'd like to see thus reviewed by the powerpc people, then it's good to go. > TODO: > > - use MMU Notifiers > What's the plan here? While not a requirement for merging, that's one of the kvm points of strength and I'd like to see it supported across the board. -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.