On 08/29/14 00:41, Gabriel L. Somlo wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 10:37:17PM +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
>>>
>>> OvmfPkg/Library/AcpiTimerLib: Access power mgmt regs based on host bridge 
>>> type
>>>
>>> Pick the appropriate bus:dev.fn for accessing ACPI power management
>>> registers (00:01.3 on PIIX4 vs. 00:1f.0 on Q35) based on the DID of
>>> the host bridge (assumed always present at 00:00.0).
>>>
>>> With this patch, OVMF can boot QEMU's "-machine q35" x86 machine type.
>>>
>>> Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0
>>> Signed-off-by: Gabriel Somlo <[email protected]>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> I can boot Fedora20 Live with this patch applied on top of Reza's
>>> SATA series:
>>>
>>> http://sourceforge.net/p/edk2/mailman/message/32743992/
>>>
>>> using the following command line:
>>>
>>> bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -machine q35 \
>>>   -device ide-drive,bus=ide.2,drive=HDC \
>>>   -drive 
>>> id=HDC,if=none,snapshot=on,file=Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-1.iso \
>>>   -enable-kvm -m 2048 -usb -device usb-kbd -device usb-mouse \
>>>   -bios OVMF.fd
>>>
>>> Any comments/suggestions/feedback much appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks much,
>>>    Gabriel
>>>
>>> [...]
>>
>> If you had been in #edk2 on OFTC I'd have told you "I've added this to
>> my queue, but don't hold your breath". Since you weren't, I must say so
>> in email :)
>>
>> (Hint, hint... :))
> 
> Fired off the email as I was walking out the door, but I get your
> hint :)
> 
> In terms of holding my breath, one thing I wish for would be a way
> to save the host bridge DID after the first constructor call (I
> counted, and the constructor gets called at least 16 times :)
> 
> But I remember reading somewhere that globals are frowned upon, so
> not sure *where* I'd store the DID (or better, the PMBA and PMREGMISC
> register addresses) for future reference, after the first time I
> figure out whether it's a PIIX4 or Q35...

You're looking for commit d3a24ff5.

When the library is linked into OVMF's SEC (which is not the default
case, but a possible one), then the lib becomes part of code that runs
from persistent, read-only flash.

So, don't mind those PCI reads that much :)

Thanks
Laszlo

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