From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mtagate5.de.ibm.com (mtagate5.de.ibm.com [195.212.29.154]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mtagate5.de.ibm.com", Issuer "Equifax" (verified OK)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 14CEBDDF74 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:08:16 +1000 (EST) Received: from d12nrmr1607.megacenter.de.ibm.com (d12nrmr1607.megacenter.de.ibm.com [9.149.167.49]) by mtagate5.de.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m7M88AWE562396 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:08:10 GMT Received: from d12av04.megacenter.de.ibm.com (d12av04.megacenter.de.ibm.com [9.149.165.229]) by d12nrmr1607.megacenter.de.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v9.0) with ESMTP id m7M88AdL3395664 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:08:10 +0200 Received: from d12av04.megacenter.de.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d12av04.megacenter.de.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m7M889lx015521 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:08:10 +0200 Message-ID: <48AE73E2.2010706@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:08:02 +0200 From: Christian Ehrhardt MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Scott Wood Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] kvmppc: convert wrteei to wrtee as kvm guest optimization References: <1219142204-12044-1-git-send-email-ehrhardt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1219142204-12044-5-git-send-email-ehrhardt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <81439C52-0CB6-4C46-9A97-3D30B84F58AF@kernel.crashing.org> <48AD7815.70107@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <9E570AE9-6811-489F-9E2C-EF5A6B95ED5C@kernel.crashing.org> <20080821161622.GB15669@ld0162-tx32.am.freescale.net> In-Reply-To: <20080821161622.GB15669@ld0162-tx32.am.freescale.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Cc: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, hollisb@us.ibm.com List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Scott Wood wrote: > On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 09:21:39AM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote: > >> Where is the other discussion? I'd like to understand what's going on >> here.. (especially since I added the wrtee[i] changes to kernel way >> back when). >> > > Presumably, they want to be able to replace wrtee with a store to a > hypervisor/guest shared memory area, and there's no store-immediate > instruction. > > -Scott > Exactly Scott And for your question Kumar, in the last submission I was asked to split host and guest patches. So the host discussion lives on kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org as I mentioned (maybe a bit too hidden) in the [0/4] mail of this series. -- Grüsse / regards, Christian Ehrhardt IBM Linux Technology Center, Open Virtualization