From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wei Wang Subject: [PATCH 3/6] Vhost-pci RFC: Benefits to KVM Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 07:36:32 +0800 Message-ID: <1464478595-146533-4-git-send-email-wei.w.wang@intel.com> References: <1464478595-146533-1-git-send-email-wei.w.wang@intel.com> Cc: Wei Wang To: kvm@vger.kernel.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, virtio-comment@lists.oasis-open.org, virtio-dev@lists.oasis-open.org, mst@redhat.com, stefanha@redhat.com, pbonzini@redhat.com Return-path: Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:29126 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752899AbcE1Pke (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 May 2016 11:40:34 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1464478595-146533-1-git-send-email-wei.w.wang@intel.com> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Signed-off-by: Wei Wang --- Benefits | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Benefits diff --git a/Benefits b/Benefits new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7d10485 --- /dev/null +++ b/Benefits @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +The vhost-pci design provides KVM with a faster and more scalable inter-VM +communication mechanism. In NFV usages and today's virtualized datacenters, +where multiple VMs connect to a centralized vswitch to communicate, the more +the VMs connect to (or chained via) the vswitch, the lower the inter-VM +communication throughput will be. The vhost-pci design successfully resolves +this scalability issue and makes KVM a better hypervisor for NFV and +datacenters. + -- 1.8.3.1 From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55808) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b6gLz-0000jL-20 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 28 May 2016 11:40:43 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b6gLs-0004D4-RT for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 28 May 2016 11:40:41 -0400 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:33626) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b6gLs-0004CO-F1 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 28 May 2016 11:40:36 -0400 From: Wei Wang Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 07:36:32 +0800 Message-Id: <1464478595-146533-4-git-send-email-wei.w.wang@intel.com> In-Reply-To: <1464478595-146533-1-git-send-email-wei.w.wang@intel.com> References: <1464478595-146533-1-git-send-email-wei.w.wang@intel.com> Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/6] Vhost-pci RFC: Benefits to KVM List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: kvm@vger.kernel.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, virtio-comment@lists.oasis-open.org, virtio-dev@lists.oasis-open.org, mst@redhat.com, stefanha@redhat.com, pbonzini@redhat.com Cc: Wei Wang Signed-off-by: Wei Wang --- Benefits | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Benefits diff --git a/Benefits b/Benefits new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7d10485 --- /dev/null +++ b/Benefits @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +The vhost-pci design provides KVM with a faster and more scalable inter-VM +communication mechanism. In NFV usages and today's virtualized datacenters, +where multiple VMs connect to a centralized vswitch to communicate, the more +the VMs connect to (or chained via) the vswitch, the lower the inter-VM +communication throughput will be. The vhost-pci design successfully resolves +this scalability issue and makes KVM a better hypervisor for NFV and +datacenters. + -- 1.8.3.1