On 07/24/13 11:51, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 09:01:51AM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: >> On 07/24/13 08:01, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: >>> It turns out that some 32 bit windows guests crash >>> if 64 bit PCI hole size is >2G. >> >> Ah, *that* is the reason for winxp crashing with a 64bit hole. >> >> Current seabios uses a slightly different approach: the 64bit hole is >> present only in case it is actually used to map bars there, and seabios >> tries to fit everything into the 32bit hole first. > > Yes. But this doesn't work with device hotplug.
Sure. This wasn't meant as request to match current seabios behavior. Just wanted provide some additional background info. > I intend to send a patch to properties that allows writing > "size=1G" instead. > Will this address your comment? Sounds good. cheers, Gerd
