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Re: [Xen-devel] guest attempted write to read-only memory page.

To: Akio Takebe <takebe_akio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] guest attempted write to read-only memory page.
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 08:09:56 +0000
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On 25/12/2008 01:54, "Akio Takebe" <takebe_akio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> I make a quick test, that warning disappears after moving disable
>> action post rom_scan. But I haven't found the place triggering such
>> write violation, as in previous revision write access is also disabled
>> before rom_scan. It could come from recent bochs update on
>> expansion rom part by 18931.
> 
> Sorry for my late response.
> That's a bug of mine.
> 
> Some option ROMs would do write accesses.
> So rombios need to enable write acess before rom_scan.
> I'll post a patch to fix.

This behaviour existed before your upgrade, and it's not a bug. I fixed by
removing the warning message.

 -- Keir



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