Isaku san,
I've just added you to discussion. There are some issues with PCI 64bit support in Windows. Windows fails to assign the resource if it doesn't fit in first 4GB window.
I really don't know why it happens. One of the possibilities is related to lack of _DSM method in ACPI.
Another guesse could be related to the fact that 440FX only supports 32bit PCI bus interface and windows may limit PCI address range to first 4GB for PCI devices under this bridge. I remember you were working on Q35 chipset simulation, I wonder if it is working and would it be possible to try?
Thanks, Alexey
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 02:04:08PM +1300, Alexey Korolev wrote:
Hi,
We have got some issues with 64bit PCI devices support under Windows guests. Windows fails to start any PCI devices with 64bit BARs when size exceeds 512MB with error code 12 (can't allocate resources). In other words it fails when the PCI memory region is located above 4GB.
I tried to investigate this problem and found document from Microsoft: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg462986
It states that the _DSM method must be implemented to support devices above 4GB.
That's not how I read it: Windows Vista always respects the boot configuration of devices above 4 GB, considering the processor’s addressing capability and the version of the Windows operating system that is running.
Unfortunately I'm not familiar with ACPI code of seabios, so can't implement the _DSM method. May be you have other ideas what needs to be done to fix it? Any help is appreciated.
Thanks, Alexey
Could you share some more detail about your setup?