From a1f4d39500ad8ed61825eff061debff42386ab5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Avi Kivity Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:44:20 +0300 Subject: KVM: Remove memory alias support As advertised in feature-removal-schedule.txt. Equivalent support is provided by overlapping memory regions. Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 11 ----------- 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 1571c0c83dba..ad1e90dd2780 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -538,17 +538,6 @@ Who: Jan Kiszka ---------------------------- -What: KVM memory aliases support -When: July 2010 -Why: Memory aliasing support is used for speeding up guest vga access - through the vga windows. - - Modern userspace no longer uses this feature, so it's just bitrotted - code and can be removed with no impact. -Who: Avi Kivity - ----------------------------- - What: xtime, wall_to_monotonic When: 2.6.36+ Files: kernel/time/timekeeping.c include/linux/time.h -- cgit v1.2.3 From b74a07beed0e64bfba413dcb70dd6749c57f43dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Avi Kivity Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:48:05 +0300 Subject: KVM: Remove kernel-allocated memory regions Equivalent (and better) functionality is provided by user-allocated memory regions. Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 10 ---------- 1 file changed, 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index ad1e90dd2780..123ec0e23738 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -548,16 +548,6 @@ Who: John Stultz ---------------------------- -What: KVM kernel-allocated memory slots -When: July 2010 -Why: Since 2.6.25, kvm supports user-allocated memory slots, which are - much more flexible than kernel-allocated slots. All current userspace - supports the newer interface and this code can be removed with no - impact. -Who: Avi Kivity - ----------------------------- - What: KVM paravirt mmu host support When: January 2011 Why: The paravirt mmu host support is slower than non-paravirt mmu, both -- cgit v1.2.3