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From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@redhat.com>, Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>,
	qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] KVM call minutes for Feb 8
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:00:49 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D53EF91.7030400@codemonkey.ws> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D53E155.5000807@redhat.com>

On 02/10/2011 02:00 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 02/10/2011 02:51 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>> On 02/10/2011 12:13 PM, Gleb Natapov wrote:
>>>
>>> Which spec? Even in this discussion we completely mixed different
>>> things. 440FX is not a chipset.
>>
>> Yes, it is.  It's a single silicon package with a defined pinout.  If 
>> you don't believe me, re-read the spec.
>>
>> It's a MCM with the PIIX3 being internally connected.   The 
>> connection between the i440fx and PIIX3 happens to be PCI but that's 
>> not always the case.  Sometimes it's a proprietary bus.
>
> Aren't they two distinct chips, together comprising the chip-set?
>
> One (the northbridge) converts the system bus to PCI + some extra 
> wires, the other (southbridge) bridges PCI to ISA and contains some 
> embedded ISA devices.  IIRC there are some wires between them that are 
> not PCI.

Yes, you are correct.  So I can understand an argument for:

   -device i440fx,id=pmc -device piix3,chipset=pmc

Or something like that.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori





  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-02-10 14:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 79+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-02-08 15:55 KVM call minutes for Feb 8 Chris Wright
2011-02-08 16:14 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2011-02-08 16:39 ` [Qemu-devel] " Anthony Liguori
2011-02-08 17:13 ` Markus Armbruster
2011-02-08 19:02   ` Peter Maydell
2011-02-08 21:11     ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-09  8:11     ` Markus Armbruster
2011-02-09  8:20       ` Peter Maydell
2011-02-09  9:02         ` Markus Armbruster
2011-02-08 19:30   ` Alexander Graf
2011-02-08 19:30   ` Aurelien Jarno
2011-02-09  8:23     ` Markus Armbruster
2011-02-09 10:43     ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-09 17:38       ` Blue Swirl
2011-02-08 21:12   ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-09  8:01     ` Markus Armbruster
2011-02-09 10:31       ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-09 12:28         ` Markus Armbruster
2011-02-09 14:44           ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-09 17:48             ` Blue Swirl
2011-02-09 19:53               ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-09 19:59               ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-09 20:15                 ` Blue Swirl
2011-02-10  7:47                   ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-10  8:16                     ` Peter Maydell
2011-02-10  8:36                       ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-10  9:04                         ` Peter Maydell
2011-02-10 10:13                           ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-10 10:38                             ` Peter Maydell
2011-02-10 11:24                               ` Gleb Natapov
2011-02-10 12:23                               ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-10 13:06                                 ` Peter Maydell
2011-02-10 19:17                       ` Scott Wood
2011-02-10 19:22                         ` Peter Maydell
2011-02-10 19:29                           ` Scott Wood
2011-02-10  9:07                     ` Gleb Natapov
2011-02-10 10:00                       ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-10 10:10                         ` Gleb Natapov
2011-02-10 10:19                           ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-10 10:49                             ` Gleb Natapov
2011-02-10 12:47                               ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-10 13:12                                 ` Gleb Natapov
2011-02-10 10:25                       ` Avi Kivity
2011-02-10 11:13                         ` Gleb Natapov
2011-02-10 12:51                           ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-10 13:00                             ` Avi Kivity
2011-02-10 13:29                               ` Gleb Natapov
2011-02-10 14:00                               ` Anthony Liguori [this message]
2011-02-10 13:27                             ` Gleb Natapov
2011-02-10 14:04                               ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-10 14:20                                 ` Gleb Natapov
2011-02-10 16:05                                   ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-11 18:14                                     ` Blue Swirl
2011-02-13  9:24                                       ` Gleb Natapov
2011-02-13 15:31                                       ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-13 19:37                                         ` Blue Swirl
2011-02-13 19:57                                           ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-13 21:00                                             ` Blue Swirl
2011-02-13 22:42                                               ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-14 17:31                                                 ` Blue Swirl
2011-02-14 20:53                                                   ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-14 21:25                                                     ` Blue Swirl
2011-02-14 21:47                                                       ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-15 17:11                                                         ` Blue Swirl
2011-02-15 23:07                                                           ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-16  9:52                                                             ` Gleb Natapov
2011-02-14  9:44                                             ` Paolo Bonzini
2011-02-10 10:29                     ` Avi Kivity
2011-02-13 15:38                       ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-13 15:56                         ` Avi Kivity
2011-02-13 16:56                           ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-13 18:08                             ` Gleb Natapov
2011-02-13 19:38                               ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-14 10:23                                 ` Gleb Natapov
2011-02-13 21:24                             ` Peter Maydell
2011-02-13 22:43                               ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-13 23:35                                 ` Peter Maydell
2011-02-13 15:39                       ` Anthony Liguori
2011-02-11 17:54                     ` Blue Swirl

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