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[Xen-devel] RE: [PATCH][ioemu] fix PCI bar mapping

To: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Yuji Shimada <shimada-yxb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] RE: [PATCH][ioemu] fix PCI bar mapping
From: "Cui, Dexuan" <dexuan.cui@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 20:13:21 +0800
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Ian Jackson wrote:
> Yuji Shimada writes ("Re: [PATCH][ioemu] fix PCI bar mapping"):
>> pt_pci_read_config should not be used to read configuration
>> registers. pt_pci_read_config emulates access to read the registers
>> from guest software. Many functions which are not relevant are
>> executed in pt_pci_read_config. So side effects may occur. Instead,
>> you can use pc_read_word of libpci just to read configuration
>> registers. 
> 
> Should we be reverting Cui's patch and fix the problem some other
> way ?
I have posted a new patch according to Yuji's comment.

> 
>> Or, there is another approach. It is that you remove emu_mask from
>> writable_mask in pt_cmd_reg_write. Then you can get the proper value
>> from reg_entry->data.
Please help to review my newly-posted patch for this approach.

> 
> It would be nice to get this sorted for the 3.4 release, which is
> imminent ...
> 
> Ian.


Thanks,
-- Dexuan
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