Re: [Qemu-devel] [SeaBIOS [PATCH V5 0/2] hw/pci: reserve IO and mem for pci-2-pci bridges with no devices attached

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 09:27:44PM +0300, Marcel Apfelbaum wrote:
> v4 -> v5
>  - Addressed Michael S. Tsirkin's comments (patch 2/2):
>    - Open-coded pci_config_is_reserved() method.
> 
> v3 -> v4:
>  - Addressed Kevin O'Connor's comments:
>    - Refactored a for loop in patch 1/2.
>  - Addressed Michael S. Tsirkin's comments (patch 2/2):
>    - Removed not needed method
>    - Test only base registers (dropped limits tests)
>    - Renamed a helper method
>    - Used 0xFF to test if the memory is reserved
>    - Simplified code in pci_bridge_has_region
>  - I did keep the code that restores base's address as I don't want
>    to modify the registers in a 'query' method. (as replied on the mail thread)
> 
> v2 -> v3:
>  - Addressed Michael S. Tsirkin's comments:
>    - I/O and Prefetchable Memory are optional. Do not allocate ranges
>      if they are not implemented (2/2).
>  - Note that 2/2 patch can be seen as a separate fix. However, it
>    is related to ranges reservation.
> 
> v1 -> v2:
>  - Thanks Gerd Hoffmann for the review.
>  - Addressed Michael S. Tsirkin's comments:
>    - Limit capabilities query to 256 iterations, to make sure we
>      don't get into an infinite loop with a broken device.
> 
> 
> If a pci-2-pci bridge supports hot-plug functionality but there are no devices
> connected to it, reserve IO/mem in order to be able to attach devices
> later. Do not waste space, use minimum allowed.
> 
> Marcel Apfelbaum (2):
>   hw/pci: reserve IO and mem for pci-2-pci bridges with no devices
>     attached
>   hw/pci: check if pci2pci bridges implement optional limit registers
> 
>  src/fw/pciinit.c | 12 +++++-------
>  src/hw/pci.c     | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  src/hw/pci.h     | 10 ++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

It would be nice to have a seabios release with these patches
included in QEMU: make it easier for people to use hotplug.

Gerd?


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