linux-kernel - Re: Paravirtualization on VMware's Platform [VMI].

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Message-ID: <4AB9414C.6060805@zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:27:40 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	akataria@...are.com
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	"virtualization@...ts.osdl.org" <virtualization@...ts.osdl.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Paravirtualization on VMware's Platform [VMI].

Alok Kataria wrote:
> Hi Ingo,
> 
> On Sun, 2009-09-20 at 00:42 -0700, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
>> The thing is, the overwhelming majority of vmware users dont benefit 
>> from hardware features like nested page tables yet. So this needs to be 
>> done _way_ more carefully, with a proper sunset period of a couple of 
>> kernel cycles.
> 
> I am fine with that too. Below is a patch which adds notes in
> feature-removal-schedule.txt, I have marked it for removal from 2.6.34.
> Please consider this patch for 2.6.32.
> 

This seems way, way too early still.

	-hpa
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