Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V15 4/5] i386: add a Virtual Machine Generation ID device

[Gal Hammer]

On 08/06/2015 16:43, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 08/06/2015 15:42, Gal Hammer wrote:
> > On 03/06/2015 19:37, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > > Since Michael said he'd merge this version, there's just one thing I
> > > would change.  You can access the region only one byte at a time, and
> > > let the memory core fix endianness here:
> >
> > I've applied the change offered below. Thanks.
> >
> > There are two unanswered questions:
> >
> > 1. You wrote that I should not use the memory_region_init_io() function.
> > Should I use memory_region_init_ram() instead?
>
> This is related to the uncached vs. cached memory discussion.  Michael
> agreed that it's okay to do it this way.

OK. Nothing is changed for now.

> > 2. Is it possible to create a sysbus device using the "-device" command
> > line argument? I vaguely recall that it is not possible to do it and
> > that's the reason that I specifically add the device in the pc init.
>
> It's now possible, but it is somewhat complicated.  I think it's simpler
> to initialize this unconditionally and hide it (via ACPI _STA) if the
> vmgenid is all zeros.

I didn't understand. I need the device to be a sysbus device so it won't 
be found as an ISA or a PCI device by Windows. So I need to know what 
ever or not it is possible to create a sysbus device using "-device". In 
either way it won't be created if vmgenid is not given so no need to 
hide it using _STA.

    Gal.

> Paolo