Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > Add three PCI bridges to support 128 slots. > > Changes since v1: > - Remove I/O address range "support" (so standard PCI I/O space is used). > - Verify that there's no special quirks for 82801 PCI bridge. > - Introduce separate flat IRQ mapping function for non-SPARC targets. > >
I've cooled off on the 128 slot stuff, mainly because most real hosts don't have them. An unusual configuration will likely lead to problems as most guest OSes and workloads will not have been tested thoroughly with them. - it requires a large number of interrupts, which are difficult to provide, and which it is hard to ensure all OSes support. MSI is relatively new. - is only a few interrupts are available, then each interrupt requires scanning a large number of queues If we are to do this, then we need better tests than "80 disks show up". The alternative approach of having the virtio block device control up to 16 disks allows having those 80 disks with just 5 slots (and 5 interrupts). This is similar to the way traditional SCSI controllers behave, and so should not surprise the guest OS. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
