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Re: [Qemu-devel] address order of virtio-mmio devices
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Laszlo Ersek |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] address order of virtio-mmio devices |
Date: |
Fri, 30 Jan 2015 12:48:55 +0100 |
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On 01/30/15 12:40, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 30 January 2015 at 11:38, Laszlo Ersek <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Please note that (as far as I understand) the patch that I referenced is
>> indeed very new, it's not part of v3.18, but the reversal can easily be
>> seen with v3.18. In other words, the kernel patch I referenced
>> introduces no functional change, it just reorganizes stuff in the kernel
>> (AIUI), with the benefit of killing a superfluous field.
>>
>> The reason I referenced it because its *commit message* gives good
>> background. If we really wanted to find the kernel change that reversed
>> the traversal, we'd have to talk to Grant and/or bisect the kernel.
>
> Just as a sanity check, do we actually have an old kernel that
> enumerates in the opposite order (as opposed to my two-year-old
> "I'm sure this used to be right" memories...) ?
I never saw one. :) That's why I asked in my first message if anyone had
actually tested that loop / comment.
Thanks,
Laszlo
- Re: [Qemu-devel] address order of virtio-mmio devices, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] address order of virtio-mmio devices, Daniel P. Berrange, 2015/01/30
- Re: [Qemu-devel] address order of virtio-mmio devices, Laszlo Ersek, 2015/01/30
- Re: [Qemu-devel] address order of virtio-mmio devices, Peter Maydell, 2015/01/30
- Re: [Qemu-devel] address order of virtio-mmio devices, Daniel P. Berrange, 2015/01/30
- Re: [Qemu-devel] address order of virtio-mmio devices, Peter Maydell, 2015/01/30
- Re: [Qemu-devel] address order of virtio-mmio devices, Peter Maydell, 2015/01/30
- Re: [Qemu-devel] address order of virtio-mmio devices, Laszlo Ersek, 2015/01/30
- Re: [Qemu-devel] address order of virtio-mmio devices, Peter Maydell, 2015/01/30
- Re: [Qemu-devel] address order of virtio-mmio devices, Laszlo Ersek, 2015/01/30
- Re: [Qemu-devel] address order of virtio-mmio devices, Peter Maydell, 2015/01/30
- Re: [Qemu-devel] address order of virtio-mmio devices,
Laszlo Ersek <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] address order of virtio-mmio devices, Peter Maydell, 2015/01/30
- Re: [Qemu-devel] address order of virtio-mmio devices, Richard W.M. Jones, 2015/01/29
- Re: [Qemu-devel] address order of virtio-mmio devices, Peter Maydell, 2015/01/29
- Re: [Qemu-devel] address order of virtio-mmio devices, Laszlo Ersek, 2015/01/29