"Kevin P. Lawton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Since we'll have to virtualize ring0 kernel code, it's
> simple to detect idle code such as:
> hlt
> ... or for that matter, maybe even guest specific OS calls that
> call an idler function. So maybe if we detect when the
> guest doesn't have anything useful to do and is burning
> CPU cycles until the next clock tick, we can suspend
> running the monitor/guest until the next time event
> is supposed to occur
Yes. Please do that. It was a huge win for Linux/a386.
(http://linux.a386.nocrew.org/)
