From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56517) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z5Bji-0000V1-93 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 07:42:35 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z5Bja-0005Ex-DI for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 07:42:30 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:59054) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z5Bja-0005Et-7v for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 07:42:22 -0400 From: Juan Quintela In-Reply-To: <1434450415-11339-2-git-send-email-dgilbert@redhat.com> (David Alan Gilbert's message of "Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:26:14 +0100") References: <1434450415-11339-1-git-send-email-dgilbert@redhat.com> <1434450415-11339-2-git-send-email-dgilbert@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 13:42:19 +0200 Message-ID: <87y4ji5zok.fsf@neno.neno> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7 01/42] Start documenting how postcopy works. Reply-To: quintela@redhat.com List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)" Cc: aarcange@redhat.com, yamahata@private.email.ne.jp, liang.z.li@intel.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, luis@cs.umu.se, amit.shah@redhat.com, pbonzini@redhat.com, david@gibson.dropbear.id.au "Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)" wrote: > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" > > Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert > --- > docs/migration.txt | 167 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 167 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/docs/migration.txt b/docs/migration.txt > index f6df4be..b4b93d1 100644 > --- a/docs/migration.txt > +++ b/docs/migration.txt > @@ -291,3 +291,170 @@ save/send this state when we are in the middle > of a pio operation > (that is what ide_drive_pio_state_needed() checks). If DRQ_STAT is > not enabled, the values on that fields are garbage and don't need to > be sent. > + > += Return path = > + > +In most migration scenarios there is only a single data path that runs > +from the source VM to the destination, typically along a single fd (although > +possibly with another fd or similar for some fast way of throwing pages across). > + > +However, some uses need two way communication; in particular the > Postcopy destination This line is a bit long O:-) In general, we are too near to the 80 columns limit.