On Do, 2015-06-04 at 15:24 +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> On 06/04/15 08:16, Tian Feng wrote:
> > Update the value of those async polling interval macros from 50ms to 1ms.
> 
> Out of pure curiosity, how does this manifest in CPU consumption?
> 
> USB 1 and 2 are CPU hungry when virtualized.
> 
> USB 3 / XHCI is more amicable and (as far as I know) the answer for the
> "my virtual USB devices consume too much CPU even when idle" problem. I
> wonder if increasing the XHCI polling rate 50-fold will impact VMs
> visibly. (Admittedly, a VM spends a fraction of its lifetime executing
> OVMF, hence "pure curiosity" on my part.)

Probably not enough to make the user notice, but I'm pretty sure this is
measurable with any host adapter, assuming there is a device hooked up
which needs polling (kbd or mouse for example).

cheers,
  Gerd



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