Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/10] Tree fixes for PARAVIRT | From | Zachary Amsden <> | Date | Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:54:08 -0800 |
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On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 22:37 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote: > > > > The first fix is not even specific for PARAVIRT, and it's actually > > > preventing the whole tree from booting. > > > > on CONFIG_EFI, indeed :) > > but in exchange you broke all of 32-bit with CONFIG_PARAVIRT=y. Which > means you did not even build-test it on 32-bit, let alone boot test > it...
Why are we rushing so much to do 64-bit paravirt that we are breaking working configurations? If the developement is going to be this chaotic, it should be done and tested out of tree until it can stabilize.
I do not like having to continuously retest and review the x86 branch because the paravirt-ops are constantly in flux and the 32-bit code keeps breaking.
We won't be doing 64-bit paravirt-ops for exactly this reason - is there a serious justification from the performance angle on modern 64-bit hardware? If not, why justify the complexity and hackery to Linux?
Zach
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