On 02/10/2011 02:00 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:
On 02/10/2011 02:51 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
On 02/10/2011 12:13 PM, Gleb Natapov wrote:
Which spec? Even in this discussion we completely mixed different
things. 440FX is not a chipset.
Yes, it is. It's a single silicon package with a defined pinout. If
you don't believe me, re-read the spec.
It's a MCM with the PIIX3 being internally connected. The
connection between the i440fx and PIIX3 happens to be PCI but that's
not always the case. Sometimes it's a proprietary bus.
Aren't they two distinct chips, together comprising the chip-set?
One (the northbridge) converts the system bus to PCI + some extra
wires, the other (southbridge) bridges PCI to ISA and contains some
embedded ISA devices. IIRC there are some wires between them that are
not PCI.
Yes, you are correct. So I can understand an argument for:
-device i440fx,id=pmc -device piix3,chipset=pmc
Or something like that.
Regards,
Anthony Liguori
