[Qemu-devel] Re: i8259 defaults wrong?

[Avi Kivity]

On 08/17/2009 05:20 AM, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> looking at the i8259 implementation found in qemu
> as well as in the in-kernel kvm implementation, I
> see that on pic_reset() special_fully_nested_mode
> is set to zero, but the intel(r) 8259A manual says
> on page 15:
>
>    Fully Nested Mode
>
>    This mode is entered after initialization unless
>    another mode is programmed.
>
> any comments are appreciated, a patch should be
> trivial, but I'd gladly submit one if requested.
>
>    

Well, does the BIOS set fully nested mode on reset?  If not, a kvm 
change is difficult, since the bios and kvm are updated independently.

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