From patchwork Wed Feb 17 13:45:28 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Avi Kivity X-Patchwork-Id: 79920 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by demeter.kernel.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o1HDmpBa031393 for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:48:51 GMT Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934129Ab0BQNpj (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:45:39 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:26757 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934082Ab0BQNph (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:45:37 -0500 Received: from int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.21]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o1HDjbvf006427 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:45:37 -0500 Received: from cleopatra.tlv.redhat.com (cleopatra.tlv.redhat.com [10.35.255.11]) by int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o1HDjao0007893; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:45:36 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (file.tlv.redhat.com [10.35.255.8]) by cleopatra.tlv.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 008F0250AE1; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:45:30 +0200 (IST) From: Avi Kivity To: kvm@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 18/20] KVM: Plan obsolescence of kernel allocated slots, paravirt mmu Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:45:28 +0200 Message-Id: <1266414330-27444-19-git-send-email-avi@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <1266414330-27444-1-git-send-email-avi@redhat.com> References: <1266414330-27444-1-git-send-email-avi@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 10.5.11.21 Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: kvm@vger.kernel.org X-Greylist: IP, sender and recipient auto-whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.3 (demeter.kernel.org [140.211.167.41]); Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:48:52 +0000 (UTC) diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 0a46833..47a6554 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -542,3 +542,33 @@ Why: Duplicate functionality with the gspca_zc3xx driver, zc0301 only sensors) wich are also supported by the gspca_zc3xx driver (which supports 53 USB-ID's in total) Who: Hans de Goede + +---------------------------- + +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: 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 + on newer and older hardware. It is already not exposed to the guest, + and kept only for live migration purposes. +Who: Avi Kivity