From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Otte Subject: Re: [kvm-ppc-devel] RFC/patch portability: split kvm_vm_ioctl v2 Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:01:22 +0100 Message-ID: <47259352.3010109@de.ibm.com> References: <1192192452.7630.16.camel@cotte.boeblingen.de.ibm.com> <1193327325.8345.9.camel@cotte.boeblingen.de.ibm.com> <1193327326.3284.2.camel@izike-woof.qumranet.com> <1193329322.28279.21.camel@basalt> <472114B6.6080000@qumranet.com> <1193345465.28279.47.camel@basalt> <4721A185.1070808@qumranet.com> <4721A3A3.8020504@de.ibm.com> <1193409325.4264.10.camel@diesel> <4722EFE1.9060609@qumranet.com> <42DFA526FC41B1429CE7279EF83C6BDC8B512C@pdsmsx415.ccr.corp.intel.com> <47245D27.5030105@qumranet.com> Reply-To: carsteno-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: carsteno-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, kvm-ppc-devel , Hollis Blanchard , "Zhang, Xiantao" To: Avi Kivity Return-path: In-Reply-To: <47245D27.5030105-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@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 Avi Kivity wrote: > Zhang, Xiantao wrote: >> Avi Kivity wrote: >>> Wht about aliases? Aliases allow you go have two different physical >>> addresses for the same page. This is useful for mapping the >>> framebuffer on x86 (both at the pci region and at 0xa0000, the >>> traditional ISA location). >>> >>> Are they useful for ia64? >>> >> >> Sure, it also should benefit IA64 side :) >> > > Actually, thinking about it, regular memory slots support this too. > Simply create a new memory slot to that memory. So aliases can be x86 > specific (for compatibility reasons). Memory slots turn out to be surprisingly flexible :-). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/