Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 1/2] rng-egd: improve egd backend performance

2013-12-24 Thread Varad Gautam
Theoretically, would mixing entropy from egd (software-generated) with /dev/random (hardware event triggered) produce a better entropy source than each of these individually? I know that /dev/random is pretty good, but if it can be mixed with other sources and still be useful, it can be made to l

Re: [Qemu-devel] First Patch, Requesting Comments

2013-11-18 Thread Varad Gautam
; the gates on the first-time post (a delay which happens whether you > posted as a subscriber or non-subscriber), all of the multiple pending > messages hit the list, making the new poster sound redundant. Thanks. I was wondering what had happened to the mails when suddenly I saw a lot

[Qemu-devel] [Bug 603872] Re: [Feature request] qemu-img image conversion does not show percentage

2013-11-18 Thread Varad
Incomplete patch. Usecase: `qemu-img convert` with -p now shows the write speed. 1. I'm calculating the speed using the time taken to run the for(;;) at qemu-img.c:1477. I figured that every time this loop runs, n1 sectors are converted, and so I calculate the write_speed accordingly. Is this cor

Re: [Qemu-devel] First Patch, Requesting Comments

2013-11-18 Thread Varad Gautam
> To discuss the code you really should post the patch, I couldn't > find any related code by your link. Hi! I had posted the patch onto the list. I have also put it at [1] now. Thanks. Varad [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/603872

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH/RFC] qemu-img: show image conversion speed

2013-11-18 Thread Varad Gautam
From: Varad Gautam Calculate and display write speed when converting image with the -p parameter. qemu-progress:qemu_progress_print() now takes speed parameter to print. Signed-off-by: Varad Gautam --- include/qemu-common.h |4 ++-- qemu-img.c| 31

[Qemu-devel] First Patch, Requesting Review

2013-11-18 Thread Varad Gautam
what does IO_BUF_SIZE in the same file relate to? Thanks. Varad [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/603872

[Qemu-devel] First Patch, Requesting Comments

2013-11-18 Thread Varad Gautam
speed)? Also, what does IO_BUF_SIZE in the same file relate to? Thanks. Varad [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/603872

[Qemu-devel] First Patch, Requesting Comments‏

2013-11-18 Thread Varad Gautam
what does IO_BUF_SIZE in the same file relate to? Thanks. Varad [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/603872

[Qemu-devel] First Patch, Requesting Comments

2013-11-18 Thread Varad Gautam
speed)? Also, what does IO_BUF_SIZE in the same file relate to? Thanks. Varad [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/603872