On 21 March 2013 07:45, Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> wrote: > [Note cc: Jordan, who added flash to x86 in commit bd183c79] > > Peter Maydell <peter.mayd...@linaro.org> writes: > >> These patches implement migration support for pflash_cfi01. >> The first patch just drops some useless state so we don't >> have to think about it for migration. >> >> NB that pflash_cfi01 is used in the x86 pc model. I think this >> means that migration while the BIOS is accessing the flash >> wouldn't have worked properly. Since migration from a device >> with no vmstate to one with vmstate works OK this shouldn't >> break cross-version migration. However x86 maintainers may >> wish to review and confirm this for themselves... > > x86 maintainers may wish to *switch it off* until it's done fully and > properly, by setting "pc-sysfw" property "rom_only" to 1.
So does that mean that these patches can't be applied until the rom_only property is set, or is that a fix that can be made independently? thanks -- PMM
