On 23.02.2010, at 18:02, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > Ryan Harper a écrit : >> Currently, x86_64-softmmu qemu segfaults when trying to use > 4095M memsize. >> This patch adds a simple check and error message (much like the 2047 limit on >> 32-bit hosts) on ram_size in the control path after we determine we're >> not using kvm >> >> Upstream qemu-kvm is affected if using the -no-kvm option; this patch address >> the segfault there as well. > > It looks like workarounding the real bug. At some point both > i386-softmmu (via PAE) and x86_64-softmmu were able to support > 4GB of > memory. I remember adding the support long time ago, and testing it with > 32GB of emulated RAM.
Sounds like a perfect candidate for -stable then. For HEAD I agree that finding the cause would be the way to go. Alex
