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Re: [Qemu-devel] vga-pci and MMIO BAR
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Avi Kivity |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] vga-pci and MMIO BAR |
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Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:48:07 +0300 |
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On 07/25/2012 01:53 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-07-25 at 13:27 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
>> On 07/25/2012 06:57 AM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
>> > Hi folks !
>> >
>> > Would there be any objection to adding a second MMIO BAR to qemu-vga
>> > which mirrors the bochs magic VBE ports ?
>> >
>> > Support for IO space is optional in PCIe and can be problematic on some
>> > architectures, it would be nice to be able to program the card entirely
>> > using mmio.
>>
>> Can we choose a PCIe chipset that does support IO space?
>
> Why bother ? It's not like mode setting is performance critical and IO
> space is always going to be a pain on non-x86 ...
For compatibility? If it's a special pain, then I understand, but
what's the difference between emulating chipset A or B?
>
>> If not, we can add a second BAR, but it should disappear when running an
>> older machine type.
>
> Well, the IO ports in legacy space are still there. We can also make the
> "register BAR" exist in both mode or we can add a second BAR and have
> x86 "prefer" IO... whatever rocks your boat as long as it's a BAR, it's
> the legacy hole that's annoying for me :-)
A guest created with -M old must look exactly the same as it did in an
older version of qemu, no extra BARs.
--
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function
- [Qemu-devel] vga-pci and MMIO BAR, Benjamin Herrenschmidt, 2012/07/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] vga-pci and MMIO BAR, Avi Kivity, 2012/07/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] vga-pci and MMIO BAR, Benjamin Herrenschmidt, 2012/07/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] vga-pci and MMIO BAR,
Avi Kivity <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] vga-pci and MMIO BAR, Benjamin Herrenschmidt, 2012/07/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] vga-pci and MMIO BAR, Avi Kivity, 2012/07/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] vga-pci and MMIO BAR, Benjamin Herrenschmidt, 2012/07/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] vga-pci and MMIO BAR, Benjamin Herrenschmidt, 2012/07/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] vga-pci and MMIO BAR, Anthony Liguori, 2012/07/25
- Re: [Qemu-devel] vga-pci and MMIO BAR, Benjamin Herrenschmidt, 2012/07/25