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Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH 1/5] Use correct types to
 enable > 2G	support (v3)
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Cc: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>, kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>

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