Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Make rtl8139 network interface card compatible with Mac OS 10.4

[Programmingkid]

On Jan 1, 2016, at 5:36 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:

> 
> 
> On 01/01/2016 21:42, Programmingkid wrote:
>>> In other words, the driver is buggy and presumably would have never
>>> worked on real hardware?
>> 
>> I can't say that for sure. I would need an actual RTL8139 nic with a 
>> PowerMac running
>> Mac OS 10.4 to answer that question. Is there anyone on the list who knows 
>> for sure?
> 
> I have a PowerBook and a RTL8139, but unfortunately the NIC is PCMCIA
> and the PowerBook doesn't have a port...
> 
> If OpenBIOS can be fixed to work around any bugs in the driver that's
> already a good thing, but unfortunately the swapped BARs seem really
> fishy. :(  Perhaps a property can be added for that, though (e.g.
> -global rtl8139.swap-bars-for-os-x-10-4=true).
> 
> Paolo

I really like the idea of having a runtime change of settings rather than a 
compile-time change. That would make QEMU much more dynamic.