From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Gregory Haskins" Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] in-kernel APIC v3 (kernel side) Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 09:32:38 -0400 Message-ID: <4642E694.BA47.005A.0@novell.com> References: <20070510123831.10200.4769.stgit@novell1.haskins.net> <64F9B87B6B770947A9F8391472E032160BBA66AF@ehost011-8.exch011.intermedia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: , "Dor Laor" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <64F9B87B6B770947A9F8391472E032160BBA66AF-yEcIvxbTEBqsx+V+t5oei8rau4O3wl8o3fe8/T/H7NteoWH0uzbU5w@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 >>> On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 9:07 AM, in message <64F9B87B6B770947A9F8391472E032160BBA66AF-yEcIvxbTEBqsx+V+t5oei8rau4O3wl8o3fe8/T/H7NteoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>, "Dor Laor" wrote: >> At this point, I can boot >> >>A) 32- bit XP w/ACPI enabled >>B) 64- bit SLED (2.6.16 based) >> >>both with "level- 0" (userspace PIC emulation) and "level- 1" (in- kernel > PIC >>emulation). The performance with XP under level- 1 seems to be a huge >>improvement over in- trunk performance. > > Impressive! Can you tell how much host cpu is consumed by an idle xp > guest w acpi? > Next week I'll try to check it with the pv network if I'll have the > time. And in case it matters: This is git-HEAD + v3 patches on Linux novell1 2.6.21.1-smp-debug #7 SMP Mon May 7 19:16:14 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux on a dual-socket, dual-core 5130 Xeon (Woodcrest) Also note that I have the kernel built with pretty much every debug option turned on (lockdep, etc). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/