From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Don Slutz <dslutz@verizon.com>,
xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org,
Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
Cc: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@amazon.com>,
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] pc & q35: Add new object pc-memory-layout.
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 08:27:44 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53550EC0.7070207@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1395705336-22528-4-git-send-email-dslutz@verizon.com>
Il 24/03/2014 19:55, Don Slutz ha scritto:
> This new object has the property max-ram-below-4g.
>
> If you add enough PCI devices then all mmio for them will not fit
> below 4G which may not be the layout the user wanted. This allows
> you to increase the below 4G address space that PCI devices can use
> (aka decrease ram below 4G) and therefore in more cases not have any
> mmio that is above 4G.
>
> For example adding "-global pc-memory-layout.max-ram-below-4g=2G" to
> the command line will limit the amount of ram that is below 4G to
> 2G.
Does Xen's firmware allow 64-bit BARs? I'm wondering why this is not a
problem on KVM.
Also, overloading -global like this isn't the best long term choice. We
should get custom -machine properties in 2.1, we should use them.
Paolo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-21 12:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-24 23:55 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/4] Add max-ram-below-4g (was Add pci_hole_min_size machine option) Don Slutz
2014-03-24 23:55 ` Don Slutz
2014-03-24 23:55 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/4] xen-all: Fix xen_hvm_init() to adjust pc memory layout Don Slutz
2014-03-24 23:55 ` Don Slutz
2014-04-18 14:23 ` Andreas Färber
2014-04-22 16:29 ` Don Slutz
2014-03-24 23:55 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 2/4] GlobalProperty: Display warning about unused -global Don Slutz
2014-03-24 23:55 ` Don Slutz
2014-04-18 15:21 ` Andreas Färber
2014-04-18 15:36 ` [Xen-devel] " Fabio Fantoni
2014-04-18 15:59 ` Andreas Färber
2014-04-18 16:54 ` Fabio Fantoni
2014-04-19 10:56 ` Fabio Fantoni
2014-04-22 18:44 ` Don Slutz
2014-04-19 20:54 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-04-22 23:13 ` Don Slutz
2014-04-23 0:28 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-04-23 12:58 ` Don Slutz
2014-04-23 13:33 ` Andreas Färber
2014-04-22 20:23 ` Don Slutz
2014-04-23 0:28 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-04-23 13:25 ` Don Slutz
2014-03-24 23:55 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 3/4] pc & q35: Add new object pc-memory-layout Don Slutz
2014-03-24 23:55 ` Don Slutz
2014-04-18 15:45 ` Andreas Färber
2014-04-22 23:54 ` Don Slutz
2014-04-21 12:27 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2014-04-23 0:13 ` Don Slutz
2014-04-23 3:27 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-04-23 6:51 ` Marcel Apfelbaum
2014-03-24 23:55 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 4/4] xen-all: Pass max_ram_below_4g to xen_hvm_init Don Slutz
2014-03-24 23:55 ` Don Slutz
2014-03-25 11:17 ` [Qemu-devel] " Stefano Stabellini
2014-03-25 11:17 ` Stefano Stabellini
2014-04-18 16:19 ` Andreas Färber
2014-04-22 18:27 ` Don Slutz
2014-03-25 9:08 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/4] Add max-ram-below-4g (was Add pci_hole_min_size machine option) Michael S. Tsirkin
2014-03-25 9:08 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2014-04-17 18:27 ` PING " Don Slutz
2014-04-18 14:10 ` Andreas Färber
2014-04-22 16:31 ` Don Slutz
2014-05-05 8:12 ` [Qemu-devel] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2014-05-05 16:16 ` Don Slutz
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