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From: Anthony Liguori <anthony-rdkfGonbjUSkNkDKm+mE6A@public.gmane.org>
To: Izik Eidus <izike-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org,
	qemu-devel-qX2TKyscuCcdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org,
	Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>,
	Paul Brook <paul-qD8j1LwMmJjtCj0u4l0SBw@public.gmane.org>,
	Andrzej Zaborowski
	<balrogg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Fabrice Bellard <fabrice-+Yn2HnRVxb5AfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] Use correct types to enable > 2G	support (v3)
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:33:20 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <47A73040.3030501@codemonkey.ws> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1202138985.18306.7.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>

Izik Eidus wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 09:11 -0600, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>   
>> KVM supports more than 2GB of memory for x86_64 hosts.  The following patch
>> fixes a number of type related issues where int's were being used when they
>> shouldn't have been.  It also introduces CMOS support so the BIOS can build
>> the appropriate e820 tables.
>>     
>
> again, you need patch the bios for this, as the bochs bios doesnt know
> how to map memory above 4 giga, and it doesnt know about this CMOS
> addresses, (look at the patch that i sent)
>   

Right, but the important point is, that in the absence of the bochs 
BIOS, this patch does no harm.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-02-04 15:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-02-04 15:11 [PATCH 0/5] Support for the Kernel Virtual Machine interface (v3) Anthony Liguori
     [not found] ` <1202137865-20232-1-git-send-email-aliguori-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-02-04 15:11   ` [PATCH 1/5] Use correct types to enable > 2G support (v3) Anthony Liguori
     [not found]     ` <1202137865-20232-2-git-send-email-aliguori-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2008-02-04 15:29       ` Izik Eidus
     [not found]         ` <1202138985.18306.7.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2008-02-04 15:33           ` Anthony Liguori [this message]
     [not found]             ` <47A73040.3030501-rdkfGonbjUSkNkDKm+mE6A@public.gmane.org>
2008-02-04 15:43               ` Izik Eidus
2008-02-04 15:31       ` Anthony Liguori
2008-04-08 21:50     ` [Qemu-devel] " Aurelien Jarno
2008-04-09 19:52       ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] Use correct types toenable " Sebastian Herbszt
2008-02-04 15:11   ` [PATCH 2/5] SCI fixes (v2) Anthony Liguori
2008-05-27  3:05     ` [kvm-devel] " Alex Williamson
2008-05-27 18:28       ` Anthony Liguori
2008-05-28  6:27         ` Avi Kivity
2008-05-28 12:37           ` Alex Williamson
2008-05-28 13:06             ` Avi Kivity
2008-05-28 21:50               ` Alex Williamson
2008-02-04 15:11   ` [PATCH 3/5] Fix daemonize options (v2) Anthony Liguori
2008-02-04 15:11   ` [PATCH 4/5] Tell BIOS about the number of CPUs (v2) Anthony Liguori
2008-02-04 15:11   ` [PATCH 5/5] QEMU support for the Kernel Virtual Machine interface (v3) Anthony Liguori

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