Re: [PATCH] i386: load kernel on xen using DMA

2024-03-08 Thread Anthony PERARD
On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 09:54:14AM +0100, Alex Bennée wrote: > > Marek Marczykowski-Górecki writes: > > > Kernel on Xen is loaded via fw_cfg. Previously it used non-DMA version, > > which loaded the kernel (and initramfs) byte by byte. Change this > > to DMA, to load in bigger chunks. > > This c

Re: [PATCH] i386: load kernel on xen using DMA

2024-02-16 Thread Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 09:54:14AM +0100, Alex Bennée wrote: > > Marek Marczykowski-Górecki writes: > > > Kernel on Xen is loaded via fw_cfg. Previously it used non-DMA version, > > which loaded the kernel (and initramfs) byte by byte. Change this > > to DMA, to load in bigger chunks. > > This c

Re: [PATCH] i386: load kernel on xen using DMA

2021-06-18 Thread Alex Bennée
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki writes: > Kernel on Xen is loaded via fw_cfg. Previously it used non-DMA version, > which loaded the kernel (and initramfs) byte by byte. Change this > to DMA, to load in bigger chunks. > This change alone reduces load time of a (big) kernel+initramfs from > ~10s down

[PATCH] i386: load kernel on xen using DMA

2021-04-25 Thread Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Kernel on Xen is loaded via fw_cfg. Previously it used non-DMA version, which loaded the kernel (and initramfs) byte by byte. Change this to DMA, to load in bigger chunks. This change alone reduces load time of a (big) kernel+initramfs from ~10s down to below 1s. This change was suggested initiall