Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 0/6] KVM flash memory support

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

Il 07/05/2013 19:15, Jordan Justen ha scritto:
> git://github.com/jljusten/qemu.git kvm-flash-v4
> 
> Utilize KVM_CAP_READONLY_MEM to support PC system flash emulation
> with KVM.
> 
> v4:
>  * With a machine type of isapc, don't mark the BIOS as read-only.
>    isapc + seabios will not boot if the BIOS is read-only. This
>    matches the current behavior of isapc with KVM, which is the
>    only mode under which isapc currently works.

Thanks for looking at it!

Patch 1 should definitely be 1.5 material.  At this point it is late for
1.5 and I found a small problem in patch 3, so let's defer it.

However, I'm thinking of reverting commit 9953f8822 in 1.5.  Yes, it's a
bugfix but the change is only visible in TCG and having three modes in
three versions is uselessly complicated.

Paolo

> v3:
>  * Squash patch 2 & 3 based on Xiao's feedback that what I
>    was calling a 'workaround' in patch 3 was actually what
>    is required by the KVM READONLY memory support.
> 
> v2:
>  * Remove rom_only from PC_COMPAT_1_4
>  * Only enable flash when a pflash drive is created.
> 
> Jordan Justen (6):
>   isapc: Fix non-KVM qemu boot (read/write memory for isapc BIOS)
>   kvm: add kvm_readonly_mem_enabled
>   kvm: support using KVM_MEM_READONLY flag for readonly regions
>   pflash_cfi01: memory region should be set to enable readonly mode
>   pc_sysfw: allow flash (-pflash) memory to be used with KVM
>   pc_sysfw: change rom_only default to 0
> 
>  hw/block/pc_sysfw.c     |   64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  hw/block/pflash_cfi01.c |    2 ++
>  hw/i386/pc_piix.c       |    5 ++++
>  include/hw/i386/pc.h    |    4 ---
>  include/sysemu/kvm.h    |   10 ++++++++
>  kvm-all.c               |   42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  kvm-stub.c              |    1 +
>  7 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
>