From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Batch writes to MMIO Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:12:52 +0300 Message-ID: <480F51F4.5000202@qumranet.com> References: <12089560583282-git-send-email-Laurent.Vivier@bull.net> <480F4237.90202@qumranet.com> <1208960577.4281.17.camel@frecb07144> <480F4A4E.7010008@qumranet.com> <480F516E.3030407@codemonkey.ws> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Laurent Vivier To: Anthony Liguori Return-path: In-Reply-To: <480F516E.3030407@codemonkey.ws> 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 Anthony Liguori wrote: > > The ne2k is pretty mmio heavy. You should be able to observe a boost > with something like iperf (guest=>host) I would think if this is a > real savings. > If we're just improving ne2k, the complexity isn't worth it. We have two better nics which are widely supported in guests. -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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