Re: [PATCH v4 7/8] docs/microvm.txt: document the new microvm machine type

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 26/09/19 12:16, Sergio Lopez wrote:
>> If KVM is in use, the
>> LAPIC timer frequency is known to be 1 GHz.
>>
>> arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c can just set
>>
>>      lapic_timer_period = 1000000000 / HZ;
>>
>> and that should disabled LAPIC calibration if TSC deadline is absent.
> Given that they can only be omitted when an specific set of conditions
> is met, I think I'm going to make them optional but enabled by default.

Please do introduce the infrastructure to make them OnOffAuto, and for
now make Auto the same as On.  We have time to review that since microvm
is not versioned.

Thanks,

Paolo

> I'll also point to this in the documentation.

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