From: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/6] Add UUID command-line option
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:55:44 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48B16860.5010207@qumranet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f43fc5580808240643n118b0403qdac9652a5525b93c@mail.gmail.com>
Blue Swirl wrote:
> True, but realistic probing for memory could take some time if there
> is a huge amount of it.
No reason for that. A binary search with a cap of 1TB and a granularity
of 1MB requires only 20 probes.
> Moreover, this level of precision would not
> gain anything in Qemu use, it would be unnecessary. If Bochs BIOS was
> aiming to be used as a real, physical PC BIOS in the future, then
> these kind of improvements might be useful.
>
>
Agree, it isn't necessary.
> A long time ago on Sparc32, I put the memory size to one of CPU
> registers. That was quick and easy for both sides but dirty.
>
For x86 it seems like an obvious candidate for vmport (and I don't
understand the object to using vmport for uuid).
--
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-24 13:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-24 11:32 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/6] Add UUID command-line option Gleb Natapov
2008-08-24 11:33 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] Use IO port for qemu<->guest BIOS communication Gleb Natapov
2008-08-24 17:39 ` Blue Swirl
2008-08-25 9:48 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-24 11:33 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/6] Add -uuid command line option Gleb Natapov
2008-08-24 11:33 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/6] Add "info uuid" command to monitor Gleb Natapov
2008-08-24 17:43 ` Blue Swirl
2008-08-25 9:46 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-24 11:33 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/6] Use libuuid if available Gleb Natapov
2008-08-24 17:50 ` Blue Swirl
2008-08-25 9:44 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-24 11:33 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 5/6] Add UUID to BIOS configuration info Gleb Natapov
2008-08-24 11:33 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 6/6] Pass cpu speed into SM BIOS Gleb Natapov
2008-08-24 18:14 ` Blue Swirl
2008-08-25 9:44 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-24 12:01 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/6] Add UUID command-line option Blue Swirl
2008-08-24 12:24 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-24 12:45 ` Blue Swirl
2008-08-24 13:05 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-24 13:35 ` Blue Swirl
2008-08-24 14:11 ` Gleb Natapov
2008-08-24 17:17 ` Blue Swirl
2008-08-24 19:23 ` Kevin O'Connor
2008-08-24 13:09 ` Avi Kivity
2008-08-24 13:43 ` Blue Swirl
2008-08-24 13:55 ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2008-08-24 16:56 ` Blue Swirl
2008-08-25 9:32 ` Avi Kivity
2008-08-25 14:22 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-08-24 18:50 ` Kevin O'Connor
2008-08-25 9:29 ` Avi Kivity
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