On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 14:19:28 +0100, Sami Mujawar wrote:
> > > Considering this, should QemuNorFlashDxe be called OvmfNorFlashDxe?
> > >
> > > [/SAMI]
> > >
> > Ah yes, good point. So using Qemu as a prefix is slightly problematic.
> >
> > My intent is for this driver to be optimized towards NOR flash
> > emulation the way QEMU implements it. The main difference between the
> > platforms is that some of them (notably, ArmVirtQemu.dsc) also execute
> > from the emulated region, which requires an executable (read-only)
> > memslot in KVM, as instruction fetches (as opposed to explicit loads
> > and stores) cannot be emulated by KVM. KvmTool only uses the NOR flash
> > for variables, so it doesn't really care how the emulation is
> > implemented, as long as the loads and stores are carried out in the
> > expected way.
> >
> > I don't think the Ovmf prefix makes sense here either - OVMF is still
> > primarily x86, which uses a different flash emulation altogether.
> > Maybe VirtNorFlashDxe, to emphasize that it does not expect to be
> > dealing with actual NOR flash?
>
> VirtNorFlashDxe sounds good to me.
Sounds good to me too.
/
Leif
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