Re: [kvm-devel] IA64 KVM
On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 11:27:51AM +0800, Dong, Eddie wrote: My branch of the Gelato Federation (http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/) wants to invest time and effort into IA64 KVM which could mean helping with a merge, streamlining code, benchmarking, bug hunting or something else along those lines. We've already got an open source Itanium virtualization solution called Linux on Linux (http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/IA64wiki/LinuxOnLinux) and we were hoping to apply what knowledge we gained from that project into something different. Currently we can't really do anything to help since there is supposed to be a working port but we can't get to it. Anyway, I'm currently being payed to improve Itanium virtualization under Linux, is there anything useful I can do here or should I just stick with working on LoL? During the last few days I've been I think paravirt_ops support for IA64 is still blank :-( Nobody are interested in? I have a patch to binary-patch the kernel image to replace some instructions at boot time. (i.e. paravirt_alt) Although it was made for Xen/IA64, the patch is quite generic, I belive. BTW, I'm also very interested in KVM ia64 code too!. thanks, -- yamahata - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
Re: [kvm-devel] IA64 KVM
Caleb Moore wrote: On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 09:00 -0700, Alex Williamson wrote: Hi Xiantao, Perhaps more people would be able to help restructure the tree to support more architectures if a snapshot of the kvm/ia64 code was made available. We might want to think about a kvm-ia64-devel mailing list too (such as ppc has already). Thanks, Alex I agree. My branch of the Gelato Federation (http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/) Anyway, I'm currently being payed to improve Itanium virtualization under Linux, is there anything useful I can do here or should I just stick with working on LoL? During the last few days I've been attempting to take out the x86 specific stuff from kvm_main.c but I see that Xiantao already submitted that change yesterday. Do you Intel guys have it all under control now? Community has begun the split work for two months~. Most code and logic has been taken out from the kvm_main.c. Currently, we try to finalize the work in next few days. If the split work done, we don't see the big hurdles which blocking IA64 code out. Now, I am trying to refine the code per new framework, and will send it out soon. Thanks Xiantao - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
Re: [kvm-devel] IA64 KVM
Zhang, Xiantao wrote: Thanks for your suggestions. It is a surely good idea to create a IA64 mailing list to talk about the IA64-KVM. But now we have to rebase them to latest commits before sending out, since the kvm source layout changed much recently. Once the final source layout comes out, we will send out the source code soon. I believe it should happen in very near future. :-) I think this makes sense: we're shuffling the code around too much at the moment. It would be a big burden to have to keep the port up-to-date while doing that. We'll soon be done with our portability split, and I am sure Xiantao will be one of the first to present a port. Nevertheless, Akio, Alex and Caleb you're highly welcome to participate in the review process of our joined protability work to make sure we get everything right for ia64. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
[kvm-devel] IA64 KVM
Hi, We are interested in an IA64 port of KVM, either experimenting with someone else's or writing our own. I've tried getting in contact with Yu Fenghua of Intel but it seems that we will be unable to get hold of their source code until it is in the main tree. Is such a merge likely in the near future or should we proceed in creating our own port? Thank you, -- Caleb Moore Research Assistant School of Computer Science and Engineering University of NSW, Sydney Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
Re: [kvm-devel] IA64 KVM
On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 18:21 +0800, Zhang, Xiantao wrote: Caleb Moore wrote: Is such a merge likely in the near future or should we proceed in creating our own port? Hi, Caleb We have completed kvm IA64 port until the end of Aug, and showed a demo in kvm forum of Aug. Then, we could successfully boot windows, and Linux guest on open guest firmware, and also got a reasonable performance. Now, we are pushing the code into the upstream. But, the whole community have to be working together to re-frame current kvm source to accomendate new archs first, since current code is not frendly to new archs support. So, the code should be pushing out in very near future. :-) Hi Xiantao, Perhaps more people would be able to help restructure the tree to support more architectures if a snapshot of the kvm/ia64 code was made available. We might want to think about a kvm-ia64-devel mailing list too (such as ppc has already). Thanks, Alex -- Alex Williamson HP Open Source Linux Org. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
Re: [kvm-devel] IA64 KVM
Akio Takebe wrote: Hi, Alex and Xiantao Perhaps more people would be able to help restructure the tree to support more architectures if a snapshot of the kvm/ia64 code was made available. We might want to think about a kvm-ia64-devel mailing list too (such as ppc has already). Thanks, I also think so. :) H, Alex/Akio Thanks for your suggestions. It is a surely good idea to create a IA64 mailing list to talk about the IA64-KVM. But now we have to rebase them to latest commits before sending out, since the kvm source layout changed much recently. Once the final source layout comes out, we will send out the source code soon. I believe it should happen in very near future. :-) Best wishes Xiantao - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
Re: [kvm-devel] IA64 KVM
Hi, Alex and Xiantao Perhaps more people would be able to help restructure the tree to support more architectures if a snapshot of the kvm/ia64 code was made available. We might want to think about a kvm-ia64-devel mailing list too (such as ppc has already). Thanks, I also think so. :) Best Regards, Akio Takebe - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
Re: [kvm-devel] IA64 KVM
On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 09:00 -0700, Alex Williamson wrote: Hi Xiantao, Perhaps more people would be able to help restructure the tree to support more architectures if a snapshot of the kvm/ia64 code was made available. We might want to think about a kvm-ia64-devel mailing list too (such as ppc has already). Thanks, Alex I agree. My branch of the Gelato Federation (http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/) wants to invest time and effort into IA64 KVM which could mean helping with a merge, streamlining code, benchmarking, bug hunting or something else along those lines. We've already got an open source Itanium virtualization solution called Linux on Linux (http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/IA64wiki/LinuxOnLinux) and we were hoping to apply what knowledge we gained from that project into something different. Currently we can't really do anything to help since there is supposed to be a working port but we can't get to it. Anyway, I'm currently being payed to improve Itanium virtualization under Linux, is there anything useful I can do here or should I just stick with working on LoL? During the last few days I've been attempting to take out the x86 specific stuff from kvm_main.c but I see that Xiantao already submitted that change yesterday. Do you Intel guys have it all under control now? - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
Re: [kvm-devel] IA64 KVM
On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 09:29 +0800, Zhang, Xiantao wrote: H, Alex/Akio Thanks for your suggestions. It is a surely good idea to create a IA64 mailing list to talk about the IA64-KVM. But now we have to rebase them to latest commits before sending out, since the kvm source layout changed much recently. Once the final source layout comes out, we will send out the source code soon. I believe it should happen in very near future. :-) Hi Xiantao, Thanks for your work on KVM/ia64 and efforts to get it into the tree, we definitely appreciate it. If it's not too much work, I think many of us would appreciate looking at any kind of snapshot of your tree, even if it's out of date from what's currently upstream. We're eager to start understanding how it works ;) Thanks, Alex -- Alex Williamson HP Open Source Linux Org. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
Re: [kvm-devel] IA64 KVM
I agree. My branch of the Gelato Federation (http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/) wants to invest time and effort into IA64 KVM which could mean helping with a merge, streamlining code, benchmarking, bug hunting or something else along those lines. We've already got an open source Itanium virtualization solution called Linux on Linux (http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/IA64wiki/LinuxOnLinux) and we were hoping to apply what knowledge we gained from that project into something different. Currently we can't really do anything to help since there is supposed to be a working port but we can't get to it. Anyway, I'm currently being payed to improve Itanium virtualization under Linux, is there anything useful I can do here or should I just stick with working on LoL? During the last few days I've been I think paravirt_ops support for IA64 is still blank :-( Nobody are interested in? attempting to take out the x86 specific stuff from kvm_main.c but I see that Xiantao already submitted that change yesterday. Do you Intel guys have it all under control now? Eddie - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
