* Stephane, from what I understand and experience, the kernel options are intended for Linux (EL5/SME8) guests, not for the host. Under Proxmox I see the idle CPU usage on SME8 guests drop from around 10% to 1% if the kernel options are added.
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* Stephane, from what I understand and experience, the kernel options are intended for Linux (EL5/SME8) guests, not for the host. Under Proxmox I see the idle CPU usage on SME8 guests drop from around 6-10% to 1% if the kernel options are added.