From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Split the emulator: decode & execute Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:19:51 +0300 Message-ID: <46D97507.4050706@qumranet.com> References: <46D5A151.80000@bull.net> <200708312226.23678.ak@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, Laurent Vivier To: Andi Kleen Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200708312226.23678.ak-l3A5Bk7waGM@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 Andi Kleen wrote: > On Wednesday 29 August 2007 18:39:45 Laurent Vivier wrote: > >> These patches split the emulator in two parts: one to decode the instruction, >> the other to execute it. The decode part is then called only when needed. >> > > Is the same change done to the Xen version? It might be better to make > it easier to port future Xen changes over by keeping the code similar; > at least as long as this emulator is far from being a complete x86 > implementation. > The two versions have already diverged too far for diff/apply style porting. For logical porting (looking at a patch and writing a new one based on it) I think this patchset does not change things significantly. -- Any sufficiently difficult bug is indistinguishable from a feature. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/