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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [Patch] Small fix for qemu APIC for Mac OS X support
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To: Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@valinux.co.jp>
Cc: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org

On 25 November 2010 11:28, Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@valinux.co.jp> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 02:08:16PM +0000, adq wrote:
>> > Interesting. I was also thinking that maybe we can leverage overriding mechanisms that are already available. Maybe it's possible to squeeze the HPET node into an SSDT. Maybe we need to override the whole DSDT from the command line.
>>
>> We'll definitely need to override the DSDT for the applesmc device. I
>> was thinking something along the lines of an additional DSDT binary
>> supplied with QEMU for use when emulating apple hardware as you
>> suggest.
>
> The patches for qemu and seabios have been floating around.
> I wrote them for Q35 chipset support, but no one has gotten interested in it.
> But now, you are there. I'm willing to rebase/resend them.

I'd definitely be interested to see those!