Re: [PATCH 00/10] PAPR virtualization on PR KVM

Avi Kivity
2011-08-09T16:42:50Z

On 08/09/2011 07:31 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
> In KVM for Book3S PPC we currently have 2 implementations. There
> is the PR based implementation which works on any POWER system
> you pass in and the super fast HV implementation which requires
> libre firmware (so almost nobody can use it).

Did you mean, non-libre?

>
> Currently, the two target two different machine types, with PR KVM
> being used for bare metal system virtualization, while the HV KVM
> is used to virtualize PAPR.
>
> In an effort to make things more cozy and transparent to the user,
> this patch set implements PAPR capabilities to the PR KVM side, so
> a user doesn't have to worry what the respective kernel module
> supports. Any machine he's virtualizing "just works".
>

Nice. I went though it and nothing shouted "I'm wrong, kill me please",
though I don't claim to understand more than 5% of it.

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