Re: [PATCH] slow_map: minor improvements to ROM BAR handling

Avi Kivity
2009-12-23T09:07:34Z

On 12/22/2009 06:00 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
>> Plus, you have a fixed length instruction length, likely more regular
>> too. I imagine powerpc is load/store, so you don't have to emulate a
>> zillion ALU instructions?
>>
> Well, it's certainly doable (and easier than on x86). But I'm on the
> same position as you on the x86 side. Why increase the emulator size at
> least 10 times if we don't have to?
>

I'm not suggesting you do, just expressing envy.

> Either way, people will report bugs when / if they actually start
> executing code off MMIO. So let's not care too much about it for now.
> Just make sure the read-only check is in.
>

Yah.

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