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i386: load kernel on xen using DMA
authorMarek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
Mon, 26 Apr 2021 03:47:10 +0000 (05:47 +0200)
committerAnthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:13:08 +0000 (14:13 +0000)
commit918a7f706b69a8c725bac0694971d2831f688ebb
tree8d8b67bb5d07203e0b0a95cdc91e2662ea8bff0b
parent9253d83062268209533df4b29859e5b51a2dc324
i386: load kernel on xen using DMA

Kernel on Xen is loaded via fw_cfg. Previously it used non-DMA version,
which loaded the kernel (and initramfs) byte by byte. Change this
to DMA, to load in bigger chunks.
This change alone reduces load time of a (big) kernel+initramfs from
~10s down to below 1s.

This change was suggested initially here:
https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20180216204031.000052e9@gmail.com/
Apparently this alone is already enough to get massive speedup.

Signed-off-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
Message-Id: <20210426034709.595432-1-marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
hw/i386/pc.c