From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58103) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YnqLN-0001XA-2p for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 11:25:46 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YnqLH-00078L-G1 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 11:25:40 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:59845) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YnqLH-000784-3j for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 11:25:35 -0400 Message-ID: <55424966.1020909@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 17:25:26 +0200 From: Paolo Bonzini MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1430400749-647-1-git-send-email-dslutz@verizon.com> <1430400749-647-7-git-send-email-dslutz@verizon.com> <5542342C.7080904@redhat.com> <554246FA.7020401@one.verizon.com> In-Reply-To: <554246FA.7020401@one.verizon.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 6/7] vmport: Add VMware all ring hack List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Don Slutz , "qemu-devel@nongnu.org" Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" , Markus Armbruster , Luiz Capitulino , Anthony Liguori , =?windows-1252?Q?Andreas_F=E4rber?= , Richard Henderson On 30/04/2015 17:15, Don Slutz wrote: >>> This is done by adding a new machine property vmware-port-ring3 that >>> needs to be enabled to have any effect. It only effects accel=tcg >>> mode. It is needed if you want to use VMware tools in accel=tcg >>> mode. >> >> How does it work on KVM or Xen? > > Xen change is in progress (patch posted). I have not done any work on > HVM yet. Ok, no problem. Just wanted to be sure this is simply the TCG case. For KVM we can piggyback on the same X86CPU variable, so it's better if you do not use hflags2. Paolo