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@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spreading them across processor packages. What we need to do is port code from Linux which stores information on relationships between processors in the system (eg. which ones are -siblings in teh same package). We then use this to balance domains +siblings in the same package). We then use this to balance domains across packages, and across virtual processors within a package. 2. PROPER DESTRUCTION OF DOMAINS @@ -78,7 +78,19 @@ Xen's timebase. Once this is done, we can have a timebase per CPU and not worry about relative drift (since they'll all get sync'ed periodically by ntp). -8. NEW DESIGN FEATURES +8. MODULE SUPPORT FOR XEN +------------------------- +Network and blkdev drivers are bloating Xen. At some point we want to +build drivers as modules, stick them in a cheesy ramfs, then relocate +them one by one at boot time. If a driver duccessfully probes hardware +we keep it, otherwise we blow it away. Alternative is to have a +central PCI ID to driver name repository. We then use that to decide +which drivers to load. + +Most of the hard stuff (relocating and the like) is done for us by +Linux's module system. + +9. NEW DESIGN FEATURES ---------------------- This includes the last-chance page cache, and the unified buffer cache. |