[SeaBIOS] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 for-2.3 00/25] hw/pc: implement multiple primary busses for pc machines

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

> > Second thing:  Booting with an unpatched seabios has bad effects:
> >
> > [root at localhost ~]# cat /proc/iomem
> > 00000000-000fffff : PCI Bus 0000:10
> >    00000000-00000fff : reserved
> >    00001000-0009fbff : System RAM
> >    0009fc00-0009ffff : reserved
> >    000c0000-000c91ff : Video ROM
> >    000c9800-000ca1ff : Adapter ROM
> >    000ca800-000ccbff : Adapter ROM
> >    000f0000-000fffff : reserved
> >      000f0000-000fffff : System ROM
> > 00100000-3ffdffff : System RAM
> >    01000000-0174bde4 : Kernel code
> >    0174bde5-01d30cff : Kernel data
> >    01eaa000-0202afff : Kernel bss
> > 3ffe0000-3fffffff : reserved
> > fd000000-fdffffff : 0000:00:02.0
> >    fd000000-fdffffff : bochs-drm
> > febc0000-febdffff : 0000:00:03.0
> >    febc0000-febdffff : e1000
> > febf0000-febf0fff : 0000:00:02.0
> >    febf0000-febf0fff : bochs-drm
> > fec00000-fec003ff : IOAPIC 0
> > fed00000-fed003ff : HPET 0
> >    fed00000-fed003ff : PNP0103:00
> > fee00000-fee00fff : Local APIC
> > feffc000-feffffff : reserved
> > fffc0000-ffffffff : reserved
> >
> > "PCI Bus 0000:10" is bogus and "PCI Bus 0000:00" isn't there at all.
> Yes, you shouldn't use pxb if you are not using the corresponding SeaBIOS.
> However, as I understand we always attach a SeaBIOS binary with a QEMU release,
> so we should be OK with this.

IMO the qemu side should be more robust and not assume specific guest
behavior.  The guest firmware simply not configuring the pxb shouldn't
cause the resources for bus 0 breaking that badly.  pxb not working if
you run firmware without pxb support is ok.  But everything else should
continue to work as it did before.

cheers,
  Gerd