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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: 31 May 2022 15:44
> To: Allister, Jack <jalliste@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL]...\n
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> 
> On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 02:02:36PM +0000, Jack Allister wrote:
> > The reasoning behind this is that you may want to run a guest at a
> > lower CPU frequency for the purposes of trying to match performance
> > parity between a host of an older CPU type to a newer faster one.
> 
> That's quite ludicrus. Also, then it should be the host enforcing the
> cpufreq, not the guest.

I'll bite... What's ludicrous about wanting to run a guest at a lower CPU freq to minimize observable change in whatever workload it is running?

  Paul




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