From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
To: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
Cc: Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com>,
qemu-devel@nongnu.org, David Gibson <dwg@au1.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 0/3] 128-bit support for the memory API
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:10:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EB11721.80807@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4EB03597.2040307@codemonkey.ws>
On 11/01/2011 08:08 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> On 10/30/2011 09:02 AM, Avi Kivity wrote:
>> This somewhat controversial patchset converts internal arithmetic in the
>> memory API to 128 bits.
>>
>> It has been argued that with careful coding we can make 64-bit work as
>> well. I don't think this is true in general - a memory router can
>> adjust
>> addresses either forwards or backwards, and some buses (PCIe) need the
>> full 64-bit space - though it's probably the case for all the
>> configurations
>> we support today. Regardless, the need for careful coding means
>> subtle bugs,
>> which I don't want in a core API that is driven by guest supplied
>> values.
>>
>> Avi Kivity (3):
>> Add support for 128-bit arithmetic
>> memory: use 128-bit integers for sizes and intermediates
>> Adjust system and pci address spaces to full 64-bit
>
> I now notice that this is not a PULL request... Did you mess up the
> subject or the pull request?
>
I forgot to supply the pull info, which is:
git://github.com/avikivity/qemu.git memory/int128
--
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-02 10:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-30 14:02 [Qemu-devel] [PULL 0/3] 128-bit support for the memory API Avi Kivity
2011-10-30 14:02 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/3] Add support for 128-bit arithmetic Avi Kivity
2011-10-30 14:02 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] memory: use 128-bit integers for sizes and intermediates Avi Kivity
2011-10-30 14:02 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3] Adjust system and pci address spaces to full 64-bit Avi Kivity
2011-10-30 14:12 ` [Qemu-devel] [PULL 0/3] 128-bit support for the memory API Anthony Liguori
2011-10-30 14:19 ` Avi Kivity
2011-10-30 14:59 ` Blue Swirl
2011-10-30 15:10 ` Avi Kivity
2011-10-31 0:36 ` David Gibson
2011-10-31 10:27 ` Avi Kivity
2011-10-31 16:05 ` Anthony Liguori
2011-11-01 0:54 ` David Gibson
2011-11-01 8:43 ` Avi Kivity
2011-11-01 12:59 ` Anthony Liguori
2011-11-01 13:48 ` Andreas Färber
2011-11-02 10:17 ` Avi Kivity
2011-11-01 18:08 ` Anthony Liguori
2011-11-02 10:10 ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2011-11-03 13:09 ` Anthony Liguori
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