Re: [Qemu-devel] [Bug][Patch] Cirrus-VGA for Malta

2007-09-25 Thread Derek Fawcus
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:22:30PM +0200, Fabrice Bellard wrote:
> I realize that the other pixel formats are buggy too, so at least your 
> patch is consistent with what is already coded !
> 
> I guess the problem is in the VGA memory handlers. Otherwise it means 
> that there is a (Cirrus)VGA configuration register to change the 
> endianness of the frame buffer. In such case, it must be emulated correctly.

I don't know about a register (w/o reading the docs),  but I seem to recall
that it does have a second PCI FB window which is byte swapped specifically
for BE machines...

DF




Re: [Qemu-devel] 16-bit (and 8-bit) emulation

2007-04-16 Thread Derek Fawcus
On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 08:55:17PM +0100, Natalia Portillo wrote:
> Yes but...
> 
> Currently no protected mode 286 guest OS runs under qemu.

Windows 3.1 Standard mode?  (Delete / Rename KRNL386.EXE)

DF

> 
> El dom, 15-04-2007 a las 14:46 +0100, Nigel Horne escribió:
> > Let me approach this in a different way in the hope that I'll get an answer 
> > to my
> > question: will Qemu run a 286 guest O/S?
> > 
> > -Nige
> 




Re: [Qemu-devel] KQEMU Darwin port status?

2007-03-21 Thread Derek Fawcus
On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 10:16:13PM +, Philip Boulain wrote:
> On 19 Mar 2007, at 20:23, Derek Fawcus wrote:
> > There was just a discussion relating to this on the darwin-kernel  
> > list,
> > you may wish to review the archive.
> >
> > (The thread starts at http://lists.apple.com/archives/Darwin-kernel/ 
> > 2007/Mar/msg00010.html).
> 
> Thanks; looking at this post, I'm probably barking up the right tree:
> 
> http://lists.apple.com/archives/Darwin-kernel/2007/Mar/msg00031.html

Well,  they seemed to be suggesting that the kernel importing and locking
the user space memory was a bit dodgy,  and that the kernel should export
memory to user space.   Or maybe that only really applies inthe case of
devices...

DF


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Re: [Qemu-devel] KQEMU Darwin port status?

2007-03-19 Thread Derek Fawcus
On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 06:54:35PM +, Philip Boulain wrote:
> 
> Mmm, that's rather unhelpful. From my own reading, it looks like the  
> Apple-approved way of doing this would be to use an  
> IOMemoryDescriptor: initWithAddress() would initialise one which  

There was just a discussion relating to this on the darwin-kernel list,
you may wish to review the archive.

(The thread starts at 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Darwin-kernel/2007/Mar/msg00010.html).

DF


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