[ Cc: qemu-block ] Am 25.04.2024 um 20:43 hat Thomas Huth geschrieben: > For downstream versions of QEMU, we'd like to be able to compile QEMU > without the FDC code included (since it's not required for modern VMs > anymore and the FDC code has rather a bad reputation, see the VENOM CVE). > > The q35 machine can already be instantiated without FDC, but for being > able to link a binary without the FDC code, the Kconfig file needs some > tweaks and there are two spots in the pc code that directly call functions > from the FDC code - those need to be disabled via #ifdefs. > > The third patch changes the i440fx and isapc machine types so that > they can work without the FDC device, too, in case it has not been > compiled into the binary. It's marked as RFC since I assume that the > FDC was originally a fix compononent of these motherboards, so I'm > unsure whether we should allow the disablement there. OTOH, it seems > to work fine, and the FDC is only disabled when it is not available > in the binary, so I hope this patch is fine, too. > > Thomas Huth (3): > hw/i386/pc: Allow to compile without CONFIG_FDC_ISA > hw/i386/Kconfig: Allow to compile Q35 without FDC_ISA > hw/i386: Add the possibility to use i440fx and isapc without FDC > > hw/i386/pc.c | 13 +++++++++---- > hw/i386/pc_piix.c | 6 ++++-- > hw/i386/Kconfig | 2 +- > 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > -- > 2.44.0 > >