When pc-sysfw.rom_only == 0, flash memory will be
usable with kvm. In order to enable flash memory mode,
a pflash device must be created. (For example, by
using the -pflash command line parameter.)
Usage of a flash memory device with kvm requires
KVM_CAP_READONLY_MEM, and kvm will abort if
a flash device is used with an older kvm which does
not support this capability.
If a flash device is not used, then qemu/kvm will
operate in the original rom-mode.
Signed-off-by: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Message-id: 1369816047-16384-5-git-send-email-jordan.l.justen@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
For readonly memory regions and rom devices in romd_mode,
we make use of the KVM_MEM_READONLY. A slot that uses
KVM_MEM_READONLY can be read from and code can execute from the
region, but writes will exit to qemu.
For rom devices with !romd_mode, we force the slot to be
removed so reads or writes to the region will exit to qemu.
(Note that a memory region in this state is not executable
within kvm.)
v7:
* Update for readable => romd_mode rename (5f9a5ea1)
Signed-off-by: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (v4)
Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> (v5)
Message-id: 1369816047-16384-4-git-send-email-jordan.l.justen@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
The isapc machine with seabios currently requires the BIOS region
to be read/write memory rather than read-only memory.
KVM currently cannot support the BIOS as a ROM region, but qemu
in non-KVM mode can. Based on this, isapc machine currently only
works with KVM.
To work-around this isapc issue, this change avoids marking the
BIOS as readonly for isapc.
This change also will allow KVM to start supporting ROM mode
via KVM_CAP_READONLY_MEM.
Signed-off-by: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Message-id: 1369816047-16384-2-git-send-email-jordan.l.justen@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
Now, the pc-sysfw:rom_only property will default
to false which enables flash by default.
All pc types below pc-1.1 set rom_only to true.
This prevents flash from being enabled on these
pc machine types.
For pc-1.1 rom_only will use the default (false),
which will allow flash to be used for pc-1.1.
Signed-off-by: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
Flash can be enabled by calling pc_system_firmware_init
with the system_flash_enabled parameter being non-zero.
If system_flash_enabled is zero, then the older qemu
rom creation method will be used.
If flash is enabled and a pflash image is found, then
it is used for the system firmware image.
If flash is enabled and a pflash image is not initially
found, then a read-only pflash device is created using
the -bios filename.
KVM cannot execute from a pflash region currently.
Therefore, when KVM is enabled, the old rom based
initialization method is used.
Signed-off-by: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
Setup a pc-sysfw device type. It contains a single
property of 'rom_only' which is defaulted to enabled.
Signed-off-by: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
When checking pfl->rom_mode for when to lazily reenter ROMD mode,
the value was check was the opposite of what it should have been.
This prevent the part from returning to ROMD mode after a write
was made to the CFI rom region.
Signed-off-by: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
Jordan Justen