From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: [RFT] kvm with Windows optimization Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:02:45 +0200 Message-ID: <4721BB45.20906@qumranet.com> References: <4720D122.4070606@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel To: Gildas Return-path: In-Reply-To: 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 Gildas wrote: > 2007/10/25, Avi Kivity : > >> This is a request for testing of an experimental kvm feature that >> dramatically accelerates some Windows releases (when running with the >> ACPI HAL, and especially with guest SMP). The feature detects accesses >> by the guest to the Task Priority Register (TPR) and patches them at >> runtime to a kvm-friendly code snipped that is provided by the BIOS. >> >> The upshot of all that is that >> http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Windows_ACPI_Workaround is no longer >> required, and Windows SMP no longer runs like a dog; it's quite snappy >> from my very limited testing. >> >> Please download the test release from >> http://people.qumranet.com/avi/tpr-opt-1.tar.gz and give it a spin. >> Once it has received some exposure, I'll merge it into mainline. >> >> Credit for the original idea is due to Ben Serebrin. >> >> -- >> error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function >> > > Hi Avi, > > On an intel machine running 64 bits ubuntu with kernel 2.6.20, using > the archive downloaded this morning at 10 o'clock GMT with the > following md5sum: > > Right, installs seem not to like this release, but running an existing VM seems to work fine (mostly). -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/