Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759907AbZCZQkl (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:40:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757097AbZCZQkY (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:40:24 -0400 Received: from smtp-outbound-1.vmware.com ([65.115.85.69]:44913 "EHLO smtp-outbound-1.vmware.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754977AbZCZQkX (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:40:23 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip] x86: move vmware to hypervisor From: Alok Kataria Reply-To: akataria@vmware.com To: "david@lang.hm" Cc: Jaswinder Singh Rajput , Ingo Molnar , "H. Peter Anvin" , x86 maintainers , LKML In-Reply-To: References: <1237281581.7907.2.camel@ht.satnam> <20090317093919.GD6477@elte.hu> <1237283318.7907.9.camel@ht.satnam> <49BFC6CB.9070603@zytor.com> <1237958994.5556.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20090325125955.GB516@elte.hu> <1237999971.32497.12.camel@alok-dev1> <1238000840.2500.49.camel@ht.satnam> <1238001853.32497.22.camel@alok-dev1> <1238002693.2500.52.camel@ht.satnam> <1238005127.32497.38.camel@alok-dev1> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: VMware INC. Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:40:21 -0700 Message-Id: <1238085621.21971.3.camel@alok-dev1> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.0 (2.8.0-40.el5_1.1) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1248 Lines: 33 On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 00:10 -0700, david@lang.hm wrote: > On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Alok Kataria wrote: > > > On Wed, 2009-03-25 at 10:38 -0700, Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote: > >> I am not saying we should not hide this behind a config at all. The > >> point is there is nothing that we save by adding a new config, so what's > >> the point at all. If you can give me a solid reason like, say, you save > >> 1% code space with this config option, or 'n' sec in the boottime, I am > >> all ears for such an argument. > >> > >> > > > > So, if there are any tangible benefits with doing this I am ok with it, > > but your current argument about "Freedom to user" doesn't sound too > > compelling. > > isn't it the other way around? you are adding this in, it should be up to > you to show that it > > A. has no impact > > B. has a small enough impact that it's not worth the config option This is what exactly I have mentioned in a mail earlier in this thread. http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/3/25/333 Alok -- 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/