[SeaBIOS] ohci bulk?

Kevin O'Connor kevin at koconnor.net
Wed Sep 29 13:45:27 CEST 2010


On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 10:39:45AM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
>  On 09/28/2010 07:54 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> >On 09/28/2010 12:27 AM, Avi Kivity wrote:
> >>  SMM runs in big real mode, which we're only just starting to support on
> >>  Intel.  Effectively it means we have to emulate every instruction.
> >>  Dumping the state and restoring it is the simple part.
> >
> >SMM *starts* in big real mode; there is no requirement to stay in that
> >mode, FWIW
> 
> I really hate tailoring the firmware code to kvm capabilities.  SMM
> should work without restrictions on the code you can run in it.

Heh, I really hate real mode, so going into 32bit mode sounds good to
me anyway.  :-)

-Kevin



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