Re: [kvm-devel] kvm-59 doesn't work

[Izik E. <iz...@qu...>]

Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Avi Kivity wrote:
>> Andi Kleen wrote:
>>  
>>> When I try my 64bit kernel with -kernel ... on kvm-59 I get before
>>> the kernel outputs anything:
>>>
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>>
>> Yes, I think -kernel is broken.
>>   
>
> If you are using a guest with more than 3.75GB or so.  The load_kernel 
> function uses phys_ram_base + addr and that assumption is violated in 
> KVM with guests > ~3.75GB of memory.  We either need to allocate 
> memory for the hole and never touch it or change load_kernel to use 
> cpu_physical_memory_rw.  I know we discussed this before but I don't 
> remember if we came to a consensus about what the correct fix is?
>
we can do munmap on the pci hole memory area,
btw Anthony virtio will need this too right?
> Regards,
>
> Anthony Liguori
>> Izik?
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