Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759212AbXFBHEL (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Jun 2007 03:04:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754785AbXFBHD6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Jun 2007 03:03:58 -0400 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.178]:1308 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754779AbXFBHD5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Jun 2007 03:03:57 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=OLhMw1gW1qVEnTovB+HcOEXGKY7xXozvo1hmgtF9fFK7HkY0tidsBKVO6LrKUCpd25dFHnd4bxXW8qoDfTWqcPxcEEN4jgerJGiz3XIAuJFbV80/TlFGZ8nm+NmLvAR/O3D8SaufWxKkSZygdDabKzPxranc+rK739Sm55uNdbE= Message-ID: Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 16:03:56 +0900 From: "Jun Koi" To: "Avi Kivity" Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] [GIT PULL][RESEND] KVM cpu hotplug fixes Cc: kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <46604A05.6060507@qumranet.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <465FB8AA.6050504@qumranet.com> <46604A05.6060507@qumranet.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 969 Lines: 30 Hi Avi, On 6/2/07, Avi Kivity wrote: > Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Don't send me pull requests like this. And absolutely do NOT send them as > > resends. I just get grumpy. > > > > If all the added code had been KVM-only, I might not care. But when the > > bulk of the code touches core files, you had better explain why this is so > > important that it cannot wait for the next merge window. > > Ok. This was really wanted by laptop-carrying users, but I guess > they'll have to wait for 2.6.23. > Could you explain a bit: 1) Why CPU hotplug is that important for virtualization? 2) Why this patch is wanted by laptop users? I tried to answer myself those questions, but to no avail. Thank you, Jun - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/