A value 1 of PCAT_COMPAT (bit 0) of MADT.Flags indicates that the system also has a PC-AT-compatible dual-8259 setup, i.e., the PIC.
When PIC is not enabled (pic=off) for x86 machine, the PCAT_COMPAT bit needs to be cleared. Otherwise, the guest thinks there is a present PIC. Signed-off-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao...@intel.com> --- changes in v2: - Clarify more in commit message; --- hw/i386/acpi-common.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/hw/i386/acpi-common.c b/hw/i386/acpi-common.c index 20f19269da40..0cc2919bb851 100644 --- a/hw/i386/acpi-common.c +++ b/hw/i386/acpi-common.c @@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ void acpi_build_madt(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker, acpi_table_begin(&table, table_data); /* Local APIC Address */ build_append_int_noprefix(table_data, APIC_DEFAULT_ADDRESS, 4); - build_append_int_noprefix(table_data, 1 /* PCAT_COMPAT */, 4); /* Flags */ + /* Flags. bit 0: PCAT_COMPAT */ + build_append_int_noprefix(table_data, + x86ms->pic != ON_OFF_AUTO_OFF ? 1 : 0 , 4); for (i = 0; i < apic_ids->len; i++) { pc_madt_cpu_entry(i, apic_ids, table_data, false); -- 2.34.1