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[Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [PATCH][IA64] configure VHPT size per H

To: Kouya Shimura <kouya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [PATCH][IA64] configure VHPT size per HVM domain
From: tgingold@xxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:51:25 +0200
Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxx>, xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Quoting Kouya Shimura <kouya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi Keir and Alex,
>
> A Virtual Hash Page Table(VHPT) is a special feature of IA64.
> It's an extension of TLB that resides in memory and can be
> automatically searched by the processor.
>
> This patch allows user to configure VHPT size per HVM domain.
Good idea.
As Isaku suggested it will be nice to have this option for pv too.
And if you want to go farther, you may also want to specify vtlb size!

Tristan.

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