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Re: [Xen-ia64-devel][PATCH] optimization for windows

from [Tristan Gingold] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: "Xu, Anthony" <anthony.xu@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-ia64-devel][PATCH] optimization for windows
From: Tristan Gingold <tgingold@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:40:06 +0200
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> I had been thinking of this issue.
> What I concern is, this optimization is specific to windows.
> So if user sets "guest = windows", and runs linux as guest, 
> This may make guest linux behave strangely, or crash.
> Yes, you can say this is user's fault, but user may complain.
We may add an hypercall to select per-guest optimizations.  And create
an EFI utility to enabled these optimizations.

Such an hypercall should be common to PV and VTI.

If the user incorrectly set an optimization it's his problem.

Tristan.

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