Re: QEMU fw_cfg DMA interface

From: Stefan Hajnoczi
Date: Thu Aug 06 2015 - 08:27:20 EST


On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Marc Marà <markmb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When running a Linux guest on top of QEMU, using the -kernel options, this
> is the timing improvement for x86:
>
> QEMU commit 2be4f242b50a8 and SeaBIOS commit 908a58c1d5ff
> QEMU startup time: .078
> BIOS startup time: .060
> Kernel setup time: .578
> Total time: .716
>
> QEMU with this patch series and SeaBIOS with this patch series
> QEMU startup time: .080
> BIOS startup time: .039
> Kernel setup time: .002
> Total time: .121

Impressive results!

Is this a fully-featured QEMU build or did you disable things?

Is this the default SeaBIOS build or did you disable things?

Stefan
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