On Thursday 20 September 2007 at 9:15 am, Pablo Sanchez penned
about "Re: [vbox-users] openSUSE 10.3?"

> On Thursday 20 September 2007 at 4:37 am, Frank Mehnert penned
> about "Re: [vbox-users] openSUSE 10.3?"
> 
> > On Thursday 20 September 2007, Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> > > On 9/20/07, Pablo Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > If so, try booting your host kernel with the nohz=off option.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'll try the above.
> > > >
> > > > Just to follow up, passing the above kernel parameter solved the
> > > > problem.  I read up a bit on CONFIG_NO_HZ=y and this is a good thing
> > > > to save power.  If I get a chance, I may try the latest svn snap ..
> > >
> > > It's not just about power -- NOHZ (also called tickless kernels) can
> > > make Virtualization faster. All types of Virtualization - because
> > > there will be less overhead.
> > >
> > > But this all is just in theory.
> > 
> > Indeed, using a tickless Linux kernel as _guest_ induces less overhead
> > since there are less world switches between the host and the guest.
> > 
> > But I'm talking about nohz=off for the _host_ Linux kernel!
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Reading the following article, I was under the impression that the
> tickless kernel would benefit virtualized guests - those guests
> wouldn't need to make any changes:
> 
>   <http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6192865.html>
>

Hmmm, I wasn't clear above ... what I meant is the Host O/S would be
less taxed if it were tickless.

I should get more sleep!  <g>

Cheers,
-- 
Pablo


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