Re: kvm-59 doesn't work

Izik Eidus
2008-01-13T17:15:42Z

Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Avi Kivity wrote:
>> Andi Kleen wrote:
>>
>>> When I try my 64bit kernel with -kernel ... on kvm-59 I get before
>>> the kernel outputs anything:
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Yes, I think -kernel is broken.
>>
>
> If you are using a guest with more than 3.75GB or so. The load_kernel
> function uses phys_ram_base + addr and that assumption is violated in
> KVM with guests > ~3.75GB of memory. We either need to allocate
> memory for the hole and never touch it or change load_kernel to use
> cpu_physical_memory_rw. I know we discussed this before but I don't
> remember if we came to a consensus about what the correct fix is?
>
we can do munmap on the pci hole memory area,
btw Anthony virtio will need this too right?
> Regards,
>
> Anthony Liguori
>> Izik?