Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Jul 2014 13:10:03 +0100 | From | David Vrabel <> | Subject | Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] xen: Introduce 'xen_nopv' to disable PV extensions for HVM guests. |
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On 08/07/14 21:52, konrad@kernel.org wrote: > From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> > > By default when CONFIG_XEN and CONFIG_XEN_PVHVM kernels are > run, they will enable the PV extensions (drivers, interrupts, timers, > etc) - which is perfect.
If it's "perfect" what's this option for? ;)
I think you mean to say "which is the best option for the majority of use cases".
> However, in some cases (kexec not fully wokring, benchmarking) > we want to disable Xen PV extensions. As such introduce the > 'xen_nopv' parameter that will do it.
"working"
I'm unconvinced about the utility of this option. The resulting kernel will go like molasses and I'm not sure what the use of being any to benchmark a configuration no one will use in practice. But it's a small patch so
Reviewed-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
David
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