On 25/09/19 07:49, Sergio Lopez wrote: >>> +serving as a stepping stone >>> +for future projects aiming at improving boot times, reducing the >>> +attack surface and slimming down QEMU's footprint. >> >> "Microvm also establishes a baseline for benchmarking QEMU and operating >> systems, since it is optimized for both boot time and footprint". > > Well, I prefer my paragraph, but I'm good with either. You're right my version sort of missed the point. What about s/benchmarking/benchmarking and optimizing/? >>> +The microvm machine type supports the following devices: >>> + >>> + - ISA bus >>> + - i8259 PIC >>> + - LAPIC (implicit if using KVM) >>> + - IOAPIC (defaults to kernel_irqchip_split = true) >>> + - i8254 PIT >> >> Do we need the PIT? And perhaps the PIC even? > > We need the PIT for non-KVM accel (if present with KVM and > kernel_irqchip_split = off, it basically becomes a placeholder) Why? > and the > PIC for both the PIT and the ISA serial port. Can't the ISA serial port work with the IOAPIC? Paolo
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