On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 13:20:17 -0600 "Jason A. Donenfeld" <ja...@zx2c4.com> wrote:
> > > increment the revision to '2' so that these larger addresses are > > > addressable. This matters because the DSDT revision represents the > > > maximum capability of all other SSDTs. This is also what arm does. > > it was keept at 1 for compat reasons with WindowsXP. > > by now it is long time EOL, so it might be fine to bump version, > > but it would be nice to know if this change breaks XP or not? > > I just installed Windows XP twice, once without the patch and once > with the patch. The command line I used for this was: > > qemu-system-x86_64 -m 3G -cpu host -enable-kvm -M pc-1.0 -drive file=disk.qcow > 2 -cdrom > en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73974.iso > > Aside from the nostalgia being completely overwhelming, both installs > were successful, and I was greeted with the terrific bliss.bmp > background. I'm not sure runnig test with pc-1.0 is valid, since ACPI tables generated by QEMU happend around 1.7 time. Can you retest with latest machine version "-M pc", please?