From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: Some FAQ questions Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:10:06 +0300 Message-ID: <480DC78E.5020506@qumranet.com> References: <20080421144152.GA22095@legolas.on.net.mk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To: Damjan Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080421144152.GA22095@legolas.on.net.mk> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Damjan wrote: > I have some questions for the FAQ, about the configuration of Linux guests: > a) is swap needed in the guest (I'd say no, but..) > b) what filesystem is best for a guest > c) what io scheduler in the guest (noop? or cfq) > d) are there any runtime kernel tweaks for the guest (/proc/sys)? > For the first four questions, do whatever you'd do for a similarly configured host running a similar workload. It's fine to use cfq as the I/O scheduler. > e) suggested linux kernel source configuration (.config) With newer kernels, be sure to enable virtio drivers, kvm clock, and kvm mmu paravirtualization. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone