Re: [PATCH kvm-unit-tests 2/4] Introduce a C++ wrapper for the kvm APIs

Jes Sorensen
2010-11-24T17:10:20Z

On 11/24/10 18:07, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 11/24/2010 07:02 PM, Gleb Natapov wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 06:56:52PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
>> > On 11/24/2010 06:52 PM, Gleb Natapov wrote:
>> > >> Plus some magic glue. You can't say it is an ISA bridge. It's
>> > >> exactly what its spec says it is.
>> > >>
>> > >First thing my spec says is "Bridge Between the PCI Bus and ISA Bus"
>> >
>> > It's the first item in a list of features. Be serious.
>> >
>> I am serious. The fact that it provides IDE or kbd doesn't make this IDE
>> or kbd special. It means that it has gates that provide functionality of
>> those chips. Just like SoC really. IDE doesn't become part of ARM cpu
>> just because some SoC somewhere include them on the same silicon.
>
> They aren't special. They're just part of the PIIX3 device.

No, it is the other way round, the PIIX3 device is a glue together of
these different devices.

Jes