From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christian Borntraeger Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/2] CPU hotplug virtio driver Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 12:27:12 +0100 Message-ID: <200801091227.12261.borntraeger@de.ibm.com> References: <11998740663306-git-send-email-gcosta@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: virtualization-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org, marcelot-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org, Glauber de Oliveira Costa To: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <11998740663306-git-send-email-gcosta-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> Content-Disposition: inline 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 Am Mittwoch, 9. Januar 2008 schrieb Glauber de Oliveira Costa: > I'm sending a first draft of my proposed cpu hotplug driver for kvm/virtio > The first patch is the kernel module, while the second, the userspace pci device. I personally prefer to use non paravirtualized cpu hotplug and implement the existing interfaces instead in the hypervisor. (sigp/sclp for s390 and maybe acpi for x86 etc.). This is not a performance critical operation. Christian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace