From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alberto =?utf-8?q?Trevi=C3=B1o?= Subject: Re: Live memory allocation? Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:23:44 -0600 Message-ID: <200903300723.45030.alberto@byu.edu> References: <49CB86BE.40505@poboxes.info> <200903280738.34169.alberto@byu.edu> <200903281217.43062.iggy@theiggy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE To: "kvm@vger.kernel.org" Return-path: Received: from geiger.byu.edu ([128.187.16.55]:57123 "EHLO geiger.byu.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751555AbZC3NX4 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:23:56 -0400 Received: from webmail-int.byu.edu (pto.byu.edu [128.187.16.44]) by geiger.byu.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n2UDNjvu014385 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:23:45 -0600 In-Reply-To: <200903281217.43062.iggy@theiggy.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Saturday 28 March 2009 11:17:42 am you wrote: > KVM devs have a patch called KSM (short for kernel shared memory I th= ink) > that helps windows guests a good bit. See the original announcement [= 1] > for some numbers. I spoke to one of the devs recently and they said t= hey > are going to resubmit it soon. I remember the discussion about KSM. First, the kernel developers were= not=20 very happy with the approach, and second, there were some patent=20 implications with VMware. Have these issues been resolved? Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying t= o=20 stop KSM, I'm just wondering if I can get my hopes up again. I thought= KSM=20 was a great idea and I'd love to get my hands on it. --=20 Alberto Trevi=C3=B1o BYU Testing Center Brigham Young University