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Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:21:48 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 0/3] kvm tool: Serial emulation overhaul
* Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com> wrote:
> > You can emulate a chip with a 64byte or so FIFO. You can do
> > I/O cycle prediction in the kernel part and you can use the
> > empty bit as a clue (which is what most serial<->ethernet
> > widgetry does).
>
> The performance problems here aren't the same performance
> problems you have on real hardware. The problem here is that
> it costs 40k cycles for the guest to access the emulated chip.
I question that 40k cycles figure - where does Marcelo's paper
mention it?
Thanks,
Ingo
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