On Fri, 4 Feb 2022 12:05:58 +0100
Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Another question is why we split memory on 16Gb chunks, to begin with.
> > Maybe instead of doing so, we should just add 1 type17 entry describing
> > whole system RAM size. In which case we don't need this dance around
> > handle offsets anymore.
>
> Maybe to make the entries look like they do on physical hardware?
> i.e. DIMM size is a power of two? Also physical 1TB DIMMs just
> don't exist?
Does it have to be a DIMM, we can make it Other/Unknown/Row of chips/Chip
to more close to builtin memory that's is our main ram is.
My concern here is even though the spec has provisions for those form factors I wonder if the guests only expect dimm ? Will it break some guest operating system?