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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-10-14 15:24:32 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-10-14 15:24:32 -0700 |
| commit | ea876441052c2cebc27d9bd2a6f6b9bce6add408 (patch) | |
| tree | 893b7597eacfdcce478212170d0b821d6508a1d9 /Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | |
| parent | 80f506918fdaaca6b574ba931536a58ce015c7be (diff) | |
| parent | 71999d9862e667f1fd14f8fbfa0cce6d855bad3f (diff) | |
Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
x86/paravirt: Use normal calling sequences for irq enable/disable
x86: fix kernel panic on 32 bits when profiling
x86: Fix Suspend to RAM freeze on Acer Aspire 1511Lmi laptop
x86, vmi: Mark VMI deprecated and schedule it for removal
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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 89a47b5aff0..04e6c819b28 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -451,3 +451,33 @@ Why: OSS sound_core grabs all legacy minors (0-255) of SOUND_MAJOR will also allow making ALSA OSS emulation independent of sound_core. The dependency will be broken then too. Who: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> + +---------------------------- + +What: Support for VMware's guest paravirtuliazation technique [VMI] will be + dropped. +When: 2.6.37 or earlier. +Why: With the recent innovations in CPU hardware acceleration technologies + from Intel and AMD, VMware ran a few experiments to compare these + techniques to guest paravirtualization technique on VMware's platform. + These hardware assisted virtualization techniques have outperformed the + performance benefits provided by VMI in most of the workloads. VMware + expects that these hardware features will be ubiquitous in a couple of + years, as a result, VMware has started a phased retirement of this + feature from the hypervisor. We will be removing this feature from the + Kernel too. Right now we are targeting 2.6.37 but can retire earlier if + technical reasons (read opportunity to remove major chunk of pvops) + arise. + + Please note that VMI has always been an optimization and non-VMI kernels + still work fine on VMware's platform. + Latest versions of VMware's product which support VMI are, + Workstation 7.0 and VSphere 4.0 on ESX side, future maintainence + releases for these products will continue supporting VMI. + + For more details about VMI retirement take a look at this, + http://blogs.vmware.com/guestosguide/2009/09/vmi-retirement.html + +Who: Alok N Kataria <akataria@vmware.com> + +---------------------------- |