Re: bridge mode without network rework

[Zhang Haoyu <zhhy.zhanghaoyu@gmail.com>]

On 2014-12-20 02:07:27, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 
> On 19/12/2014 11:59, tlau@tetrioncapital.com wrote:
> > Since we decided not to go with KVM due to stability issue, we could let this go, thanks. 
> 
> That's a pity.  That said, your decision to not go with KVM due to
> stability is a bit strange:
> 
> 1) unless you are using open source Xen, you are presumably going for a
> commercial solution that would cost you money anyway.  Have you thought
> of asking for commercial support, either from Canonical (since you were
> using Ubuntu) or from anyone else?
> 
> 2) I saw now that you were using 3.13.  I'm sorry for not having noticed
> that early, but have you tried upgrading the kernel?  There is a known
> bug with Ivy Bridge EP and hv_vapic, but it's fixed on newer kernels
> (3.16).  If you are not going to pay anyone for support, you probably
Hi, Paolo,
do you mean the commit fc57ac2 KVM: lapic: sync highest ISR to hardware apic on EOI ?
I want to backport it to our product.

Thanks,
Zhang Haoyu

> should have thought about this yourself.  If you hadn't thought about
> it, and you are going for an open source solution (which I hope), you
> probably should re-evaluate the plan of not paying anyone for support,
> either a company or someone with enough expertise.
> 
> Paolo