Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] Question: Special linux dom0 handling in vcpu_translate()

[Dietmar Hahn <dietmar.hahn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Many thanks for your comments Tristan!

Am Montag, 25. Juni 2007 schrieb tgingold@xxxxxxx:
> Quoting Dietmar Hahn <dietmar.hahn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > The question  is, should I add an optimization call specific to linux or
> > specific to single optimization features.
>
> I'd prefer single optimization features (using a bit set) but it's just
> my opinion.
Yes this the attempt I would prefer too.
I thought of a structure containing a command and a union of different 
structures, where the parameters a moved.

> ...
> > I would add an hypercall. This can be called in setup_arch() after
> > setup_xen_features().
>
> Seems OK.  I think you'd better to use a private hypercall (num > 0x100) 
OK, I would add a hypercall in xen/include/asm-ia64/dom_fw.h:
#define FW_HYPERCALL_SET_OPT_FEATURE                 0x700UL
and a sub command for the special feature.

>
> >  The struct arch_domain has to be extended with an optimisation flag.
> > What is your opinion?
>
> VTi already has a few flags.  I don't remember if you can reuse the field
> but adding a new one is ok (for me).
Yes I saw Anthony's mails and the patch for "windows 2003 specific 
optimization". But all his code is vti related and specific to a vmx guest 
os:
(_v)->domain->arch.vmx_platform.gos_type

>
> Tristan.

Thanks.
Dietmar.

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