From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com, alex.williamson@redhat.com,
ogerlitz@mellanox.com, amirv@mellanox.com
Subject: Re: [RFC/RFT PATCH v2 0/4] KVM: x86: full virtualization of guest MTRR
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 16:09:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <559BDD83.5060008@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150707140603.GK16233@suse.de>
On 07/07/2015 16:06, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> > I do not have any AMD machines that support an IOMMU, so I would like
> > some help testing these patches. Thanks,
>
> What kind of testing do you want? Booting a guest with a device attached
> is probably not sufficient, right?
The guest should not take ages to boot, which is typical of messed-up
MTRR/PAT. And if you add some actual usage of the attached device, it
actually is sufficient. Even a simple ping test, or typing through a
USB keyboard on a passed-through controller, is enough.
Paolo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-07-07 14:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-07-07 13:45 [RFC/RFT PATCH v2 0/4] KVM: x86: full virtualization of guest MTRR Paolo Bonzini
2015-07-07 13:45 ` [PATCH 1/4] KVM: count number of assigned devices Paolo Bonzini
2015-07-07 15:22 ` Alex Williamson
2015-07-07 15:36 ` Paolo Bonzini
2015-07-07 13:45 ` [PATCH 2/4] KVM: SVM: use NPT page attributes Paolo Bonzini
2015-07-08 5:59 ` Xiao Guangrong
2015-07-08 11:19 ` Paolo Bonzini
2015-07-09 2:30 ` Xiao Guangrong
2015-07-09 15:18 ` Paolo Bonzini
2015-07-10 1:19 ` Xiao Guangrong
2015-07-10 10:47 ` Paolo Bonzini
2015-07-10 16:02 ` Xiao Guangrong
2015-07-17 0:35 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-07-17 2:31 ` Paolo Bonzini
2015-07-07 13:45 ` [PATCH 3/4] KVM: SVM: Sync g_pat with guest-written PAT value Paolo Bonzini
2015-07-07 13:45 ` [PATCH 4/4] KVM: x86: apply guest MTRR virtualization on host reserved pages Paolo Bonzini
2015-07-07 14:06 ` [RFC/RFT PATCH v2 0/4] KVM: x86: full virtualization of guest MTRR Joerg Roedel
2015-07-07 14:09 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2015-07-07 14:14 ` Joerg Roedel
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