Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] eepro100: fix simplified mode

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

Il 24/07/2012 09:49, christian schilling ha scritto:
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Stefan Weil <sw@weilnetz.de> wrote:
>> Am 23.07.2012 11:25, schrieb initcrash@gmail.com:
>>>
>>> A driver using simplified mode that works on real hardware
>>> did not work in qemu.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Christian Schilling <initcrash@gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>>   hw/eepro100.c |    7 +++++++
>>>   1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>>
>>
>>
>> Do you really think that's a trivial patch?
> It's only three lines plus comments, but ok small != trivial.
> 
>>
>> I have a different fix for simplified mode in my QEMU tree:
>>
>> http://repo.or.cz/w/qemu/ar7.git/blob/HEAD:/hw/eepro100.c
>>
>> That version is implemented according to the Intel specifications
>> and avoids hacks for specific guest drivers.
> My fix isn't a hack for a specific guest driver, but is also in
> accordance with the
> intel specs.
> 
>>
>> Maybe you can give it a try.
> I have, it does work.
> Overall the code look better to me, but one thing irritates me:
> The comment on line 821 contradicts the trace on 830 and 833.
> in fact i don't understand the code from 820 to 340. It seems to me it should
> handle extended flexible TCBs, but if it does what does the code
> following line 855 do?

Anything new about this one-year-old patch?

Paolo