From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anthony Liguori Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] Use correct types to enable > 2G support (v3) Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:33:20 -0600 Message-ID: <47A73040.3030501@codemonkey.ws> References: <1202137865-20232-1-git-send-email-aliguori@us.ibm.com> <1202137865-20232-2-git-send-email-aliguori@us.ibm.com> <1202138985.18306.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, qemu-devel-qX2TKyscuCcdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, Avi Kivity , Paul Brook , Andrzej Zaborowski , Fabrice Bellard To: Izik Eidus Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1202138985.18306.7.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/