Re: [kvm-devel] [announce] [patch] KVM paravirtualization for Linux

2007-01-07 Thread Avi Kivity
Ingo Molnar wrote: > i'm pleased to announce the first release of paravirtualized KVM (Linux > under Linux), which includes support for the hardware cr3-cache feature > of Intel-VMX CPUs. (which speeds up context switches and TLB flushes) > > the patch is against 2.6.20-rc3 + KVM trunk and can be

[kvm-devel] [ANNOUNCE] kvm-10 release

2007-01-07 Thread Avi Kivity
Changes from kvm-9: - more hypercall work - cleanup irq handling - shadow page table caching - migration fixes - stabilization fixes This release is significantly faster than previous releases; upgrading is recommended. http://kvm.sourceforge.net -- error compiling committee.c: too many argum

[kvm-devel] netbsd 3.1 problem

2007-01-07 Thread ( अमेय पाळंदे ) Ameya Palande
Hi, I am using kvm release 10 under opensuse 10.2 kernel 2.6.18.2-34-default on intel core duo processor T2300. I am trying to boot netbsd 3.1 from bootable CD image. Here is the command line : /usr/local/kvm/bin/qemu -no-acpi -m 256 -boot d -cdrom ~ameya/Desktop/i386cd-3.1.iso When I arrive at

Re: [kvm-devel] netbsd 3.1 problem

2007-01-07 Thread Avi Kivity
( अमेय पाळंदे ) Ameya Palande wrote: > Hi, > > I am using kvm release 10 under opensuse 10.2 kernel > 2.6.18.2-34-default on intel > core duo processor T2300. > > I am trying to boot netbsd 3.1 from bootable CD image. > > Here is the command line : > /usr/local/kvm/bin/qemu -no-acpi -m 256 -boot d

[kvm-devel] [ kvm-Bugs-1629495 ] QEMU / KVM incompatibility

2007-01-07 Thread SourceForge.net
Bugs item #1629495, was opened at 2007-01-06 18:59 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=893831&aid=1629495&group_id=180599 Please note that this message will contain a full copy

Re: [kvm-devel] netbsd 3.1 problem

2007-01-07 Thread ( अमेय पाळंदे ) Ameya Palande
Hi, On 1/7/07, Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ( अमेय पाळंदे ) Ameya Palande wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am using kvm release 10 under opensuse 10.2 kernel > > 2.6.18.2-34-default on intel > > core duo processor T2300. > > > > I am trying to boot netbsd 3.1 from bootable CD image. > > > > Her

Re: [kvm-devel] netbsd 3.1 problem

2007-01-07 Thread Avi Kivity
( अमेय पाळंदे ) Ameya Palande wrote: > Hi, > > On 1/7/07, Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ( अमेय पाळंदे ) Ameya Palande wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I am using kvm release 10 under opensuse 10.2 kernel >> > 2.6.18.2-34-default on intel >> > core duo processor T2300. >> > >> > I am trying to b

Re: [kvm-devel] [announce] [patch] KVM paravirtualization for Linux

2007-01-07 Thread Hollis Blanchard
On Sun, 2007-01-07 at 14:20 +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > > > Well, you did say it was ad-hoc. For reference, this is how I see the > hypercall API: [snip] > - Guest/host communications is by guest physical addressed, as the > virtual->physical translation is much cheaper on the guest (__pa() vs >

Re: [kvm-devel] [announce] [patch] KVM paravirtualization for Linux

2007-01-07 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >2-task context-switch performance (in microseconds, lower is better): > > > > native: 1.11 > > -- > > Qemu:61.18 > > KVM upstream:53.01 > > KVM trunk:

Re: [kvm-devel] [announce] [patch] KVM paravirtualization for Linux

2007-01-07 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 01:08:18PM +, Pavel Machek wrote: > Does this make Xen obsolete? I mean... we have xen patches in suse > kernels, should we keep updating them, or just drop them in favour of > KVM? After all the Novell Marketing Hype you'll probably have to keep Xen ;-) Except for that

[kvm-devel] OS installation report

2007-01-07 Thread ( अमेय पाळंदे ) Ameya Palande
Hi, I tried installing following OSs using kvm release 9 and 10. Note : I used -no-acpi -m 256 for qemu 1. opensuse 10.2 kvm10 - for starting installation one has to press shift key to avoid graphical boot screen. Afterwards Graphical installation starts without any problem. kvm9 -