Re: [kvm-ppc-devel] RFC/patch portability: split kvm_vm_ioctl v2

Carsten Otte
2007-10-26T14:43:54Z

Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> Izik's idea (as I understand it) is to have one ioctl registering all of
> RAM, and then multiple "configure slot" ioctls that tell the kernel how
> to divide that area into the guest physical address space. That seems
> more awkward to me and I don't seem a benefit.
I think we need to wait for Izik to explain more. In this
interpretation it really does'nt make sense for s390 as well. My
interpretation of Izik's idea was just like memory slots are today.
Avi clarified my misunderstanding of memory slots on x86.

so long,
Carsten