Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/2] exec: fixes for access clamping

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

On 18/06/15 16:43, Paolo Bonzini wrote:

> The first patch fixes the remaining problems with Peter Crosthwaite's
> access clamping patch (which broke kvmvapic and hence Windows XP/2003).
> The second patch actually puts the clamping to good use: by fixing
> address_space_translate_internal, the MIPS rc4030 emulation does not need
> anymore the address_space_rw hack.
> 
> Please test!
> 
> Paolo
> 
> Paolo Bonzini (2):
>   exec: do not clamp accesses to MMIO regions
>   exec: clamp accesses against the MemoryRegionSection
> 
>  exec.c | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Hi Paolo,

I can confirm that this patchset allows WinXP to get to the setup screen
similar to as before the access clamping patch was applied - thanks a
lot! I can give it a bit more testing on other archs over the next few
days and report back.


ATB,

Mark.