Re: [Qemu-devel] Question about qemu firmware configuration (fw_cfg) device

[Alexander Graf]

On 19.07.2010, at 11:15, Gleb Natapov wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 11:09:13AM +0200, Alexander Graf wrote:
>> 
>> On 19.07.2010, at 11:06, Gleb Natapov wrote:
>> 
>>> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:00:04AM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> virt-install is another program that uses explicit -initrd.
>>>> 
>>> Installation takes a lot of time. Saving 1 second there will not be
>>> noticeable. And during lifetime of installed VM initrd will be loaded
>>> from its disk.
>> 
>> Guys, please. It shouldn't be one or the other. Let's make sure both ways of 
>> doing things are fast. That's what users want: fast.
>> 
> That what we are talking about, no? We are trying to find faster way to
> load kernel/initrd and stay architectural. Honestly I would expect much
> greater speedup from Richard's approach like 2 seconds vs 8 seconds. It
> is hard to justify code complication just for 1 second speedup.

I agree. Hence I'd like to keep the complication as simple as possible.

Alex