Anthony Liguori wrote:
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] virtio network device Cc: Rusty Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Dor Laor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This patch implements the backend support for the virtio network device. The device is optimized for virtualized environments by limiting the number of guest=>host transitions per-packet. In the best case, the number of transitions per-packet is < 1. With some further optimizations, I have been able to obtain 1.5gbit/sec host=>guest with this driver (compared to the 90mbit/sec from the rtl8139 card). This requires additional patches not present in this series.
Let me qualify that these numbers are with KVM. I haven't done performance testing using CPU emulation.
Regards, Anthony Liguori
