[Mac-on-linux-devel] KVM PV framework

[Alexander G. <ag...@su...>]

Howdy,

I just added a bunch of code for MOL on KVM for PPC that enables you to use the new PV framework. It basically creates a shared page between guest and host to expose register on the fly without changing context. I also added some code for dirty bitmap checking, so graphic updates are faster now.

In general, I'm pretty happy with the results. I can now use MOL with KVM on my G4 and it's actually usable :). In terms of speed comparison with the old MOL kernel module we're about 60% as fast. But since this is all WIP and actually works on G5s and with Linux guests, I find that pretty fast :).

Make sure to use the latest git checkout of my kernel patches for this to work:

  git://github.com/agraf/linux-2.6.git kvm-ppc-next


Alex