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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] isapc: Fix non-KVM qemu boot (read/write mem
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Anthony Liguori |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] isapc: Fix non-KVM qemu boot (read/write memory for isapc BIOS) |
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Tue, 14 May 2013 09:57:21 -0500 |
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Jordan Justen <address@hidden> writes:
> The isapc machine with seabios currently requires the BIOS region
> to be read/write memory rather than read-only memory.
>
> KVM currently cannot support the BIOS as a ROM region, but qemu
> in non-KVM mode can. Based on this, isapc machine currently only
> works with KVM.
>
> To work-around this isapc issue, this change avoids marking the
> BIOS as readonly for isapc.
>
> This change also will allow KVM to start supporting ROM mode
> via KVM_CAP_READONLY_MEM.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jordan Justen <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>
> ---
> v2:
> * Fix build issue with this patch. Apologies for not testing
> this patch outside of my kvm-flash series.
This needs to be rebased post-Paolo's revert.
Make sure you've got at least:
commit 9e1c2ec8fd8d9a9ee299ea86c5f6c986fe25e838
Author: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>
Date: Fri May 10 14:38:03 2013 +0200
Revert "pc: Kill the "use flash device for BIOS unless KVM" misfeature"
Regards,
Anthony Liguori
>
> hw/block/pc_sysfw.c | 16 +++++++++++-----
> hw/i386/pc_piix.c | 5 +++++
> 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/hw/block/pc_sysfw.c b/hw/block/pc_sysfw.c
> index aad8614..a02f320 100644
> --- a/hw/block/pc_sysfw.c
> +++ b/hw/block/pc_sysfw.c
> @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
> typedef struct PcSysFwDevice {
> SysBusDevice busdev;
> uint8_t rom_only;
> + uint8_t isapc_ram_fw;
> } PcSysFwDevice;
>
> static void pc_isa_bios_init(MemoryRegion *rom_memory,
> @@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ static void pc_system_flash_init(MemoryRegion *rom_memory,
> pc_isa_bios_init(rom_memory, flash_mem, size);
> }
>
> -static void old_pc_system_rom_init(MemoryRegion *rom_memory)
> +static void old_pc_system_rom_init(MemoryRegion *rom_memory, bool
> isapc_ram_fw)
> {
> char *filename;
> MemoryRegion *bios, *isa_bios;
> @@ -163,7 +164,9 @@ static void old_pc_system_rom_init(MemoryRegion
> *rom_memory)
> bios = g_malloc(sizeof(*bios));
> memory_region_init_ram(bios, "pc.bios", bios_size);
> vmstate_register_ram_global(bios);
> - memory_region_set_readonly(bios, true);
> + if (!isapc_ram_fw) {
> + memory_region_set_readonly(bios, true);
> + }
> ret = rom_add_file_fixed(bios_name, (uint32_t)(-bios_size), -1);
> if (ret != 0) {
> bios_error:
> @@ -186,7 +189,9 @@ static void old_pc_system_rom_init(MemoryRegion
> *rom_memory)
> 0x100000 - isa_bios_size,
> isa_bios,
> 1);
> - memory_region_set_readonly(isa_bios, true);
> + if (!isapc_ram_fw) {
> + memory_region_set_readonly(isa_bios, true);
> + }
>
> /* map all the bios at the top of memory */
> memory_region_add_subregion(rom_memory,
> @@ -216,7 +221,7 @@ void pc_system_firmware_init(MemoryRegion *rom_memory)
> qdev_init_nofail(DEVICE(sysfw_dev));
>
> if (sysfw_dev->rom_only) {
> - old_pc_system_rom_init(rom_memory);
> + old_pc_system_rom_init(rom_memory, sysfw_dev->isapc_ram_fw);
> return;
> }
>
> @@ -234,7 +239,7 @@ void pc_system_firmware_init(MemoryRegion *rom_memory)
> exit(1);
> } else {
> sysfw_dev->rom_only = 1;
> - old_pc_system_rom_init(rom_memory);
> + old_pc_system_rom_init(rom_memory, sysfw_dev->isapc_ram_fw);
> return;
> }
> }
> @@ -255,6 +260,7 @@ void pc_system_firmware_init(MemoryRegion *rom_memory)
> }
>
> static Property pcsysfw_properties[] = {
> + DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("isapc_ram_fw", PcSysFwDevice, isapc_ram_fw, 0),
> DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("rom_only", PcSysFwDevice, rom_only, 1),
> DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
> };
> diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
> index f7c80ad..c1a49ec 100644
> --- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
> +++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
> @@ -716,6 +716,11 @@ static QEMUMachine isapc_machine = {
> .property = "rom_only",
> .value = stringify(1),
> },
> + {
> + .driver = "pc-sysfw",
> + .property = "isapc_ram_fw",
> + .value = stringify(1),
> + },
> { /* end of list */ }
> },
> DEFAULT_MACHINE_OPTIONS,
> --
> 1.7.10.4