Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/2 v2] pc: inform SeaBIOS where 64-bit PCI hole begins

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

> > So maybe design that with memory hotplug in mind?  Such as adding a new
> > qemu-specific type QEMU_RAM_HOTPLUG?  Which seabios could use to reserve
> > the memory (but not add it to the e820 table for the guest)?
> It will do job too. But extending semantics of standard table would be
> confusing. Yes, Seabios will filter it out but it doesn't make table
> less confusing.

Was just thinking that it might be easier that way if we need e820
entries for hotplug memory address space _anyway_.

> I'd prefer having a dedicated interface for it as a more clean solution.

Agree.

cheers,
  Gerd