From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: [patch] kvm: make cr3 loading more robust Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 14:20:33 +0100 Message-ID: <20070103132033.GA18027@elte.hu> References: <20070103021057.GA11316@elte.hu> <459B695C.5090004@qumranet.com> <20070103115230.GB937@elte.hu> <459B9AC7.6020506@qumranet.com> <20070103121301.GC2786@elte.hu> <459BA0B4.20804@qumranet.com> <20070103122814.GA7350@elte.hu> <20070103124020.GA9738@elte.hu> <459BAC45.9090202@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel Return-path: To: Avi Kivity Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <459BAC45.9090202-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org * Avi Kivity wrote: > Yes. > > A read-only memory slot may have other uses too (for ROMs). a related question: i was wondering about the purpose of the KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES feature that is attached to physical memory slots. Is that used so that you can get a compact bitmap of all modified pages within a Qemu-emulated framebuffer, resulting in a delta update, instead of having to do the full framebuffer update every time? Ingo ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV