Re: [Qemu-arm] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 07/10] hw/arm/virt: Introduce opt-in feature "fdt"

[Shameerali Kolothum Thodi]

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> From: Igor Mammedov [mailto:address@hidden
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> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 07/10] hw/arm/virt: Introduce opt-in
> feature "fdt"

[...]
 
> > > > If the above is correct(with 32-bit variant of UEFI, OS cannot have ACPI
> boot),
> > > > then do we really have the issue of memory becoming non
> > > hot-un-unpluggable?
> > > > May be I am missing something.
> > >
> > > I think Igor and Peter dislike adding complex logic to QEMU that
> > > reflects the behavior of a specific firmware. AIUI their objection isn't
> > > that it wouldn't work, but that it's not the right thing to do, from a
> > > design perspective.
> >
> > Understood. Hope we can converge on something soon.
> Lets try adding a parameter to memory descriptors in DT that would mark
> them as hotpluggable.

Just send out v4 incorporating this. Please take a look and let me know.

Thanks,
Shameer