Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] eepro100: prevent an infinite loop over same command block

[Peter Maydell]

On 16 October 2015 at 22:37, Stefan Weil <address@hidden> wrote:
> Maybe real hardware will run an endless loop?
> Or the "endless" loop is terminated because the driver
> changes the link while the loop is running?
>
> The goal of eepro100.c should be emulation of the
> real hardware, even of a potential design weakness.

I agree in general, but we need to be sure that if we're
letting the guest put a device into an infinite loop this
doesn't lock up the whole VM (ie preventing the user
from using the qemu monitor or otherwise rebooting it).

thanks
-- PMM