Hi all,
         I have
done kernel build with dom0_vp mode open to compare with it close. The specific
data as following:
Environment :
Memory:768M
Platform : tiger4
Cpu : Montecito C1 stepping
Compile cmdline : time make >/dev/null 2>&1
Configuration file : @arch/ia64/config/tiger_defconfig
 
                                               time    
          Real                    user                    sys   
Cset 10027 (with dom0_vp open):             14m48.377s     13m43.960s     0m51.670s
Cset 10022 (with dom0_vp closed):          14m5.752s       13m13.200s     0m39.260s
Native :                                                        
13m55.572s    13m4.366s       0m35.205s
Performance : 
Cset 10022: dom0/native =98.7%
Cset 10027:dom0/native=94.1%
 
From the result, we can see when dom0_vp mode open,
the performance of KB has 4.6% degradation. 
Thanks 
Zhang Jingke