On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 07:21:16PM +0800, Sheng Yang wrote: > The default action of coalesced MMIO is, cache the writing in buffer, until: > 1. The buffer is full. > 2. Or the exit to QEmu due to other reasons. > > But this would result in a very late writing in some condition. > 1. The each time write to MMIO content is small. > 2. The writing interval is big. > 3. No need for input or accessing other devices frequently. > > This issue was observed in a experimental embbed system. The test image > simply print "test" every 1 seconds. The output in QEmu meets expectation, > but the output in KVM is delayed for seconds. > > Per Avi's suggestion, I hooked flushing coalesced MMIO buffer in VGA update > handler. By this way, We don't need vcpu explicit exit to QEmu to > handle this issue. > > Signed-off-by: Sheng Yang <sh...@linux.intel.com>
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