[SeaBIOS] [PATCH] mark VBE mapping as reserved in e820

[Izik Eidus]

On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:15:24 +0100
Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 01/25/10 12:03, Izik Eidus wrote:
> > On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:26:24 +0100
> > Gerd Hoffmann<kraxel at redhat.com>  wrote:
> >
> >> On 01/24/10 01:18, Izik Eidus wrote:
> >>> For example spice start the system with the isa device and then only when
> >>> there is a driver it move into the QXL device.
> >>
> >> Hmm, /me thinks this is a very bad idea.  IMHO the std vga memory should
> >> be a normal PCI bar of the QXL device.  Then you don't have this sort of
> >> problems in the first place ...
> >
> > Hi, It would be nice to use pci memory even for the "vga mode" of spice,
> > But right now itwill require us to use 2 pci devices -
> > one for the std-vga and one for the qxl, or there is a way to do
> > this without using the secoend pci device?
> 
> Make qxl look like a standard pci vga?  i.e. class vga, have a rom bar 
> for the bios, have a memory bar for the lfb.  Additionally a second 
> memory bar which is used as command/data fifo in spice mode.

That is possibilty, Gerd, I will catch you on this before we send
spice to qemu upstream.

> 
> cheers,
>    Gerd
>