[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/2] Re: [PATCH v9 5/8] pcie/aer: helper functions for pcie aer capability

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 06:42:27PM +0900, Isaku Yamahata wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 04:06:38PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > Please, try to address the TODO: I think the case of
> > PCIE device behind a pci bridge is not covered properly.
> 
> Right, pci-to-pcie bridge case isn't covered.
> Although SERR bit can be set, the error can't be propagated up further
> because qemu doesn't emulate PERR#/SERR#.
> 
> There is no use case of pci-to-pcie bridge in qemu, I think.

I think it's useful to put an express device behind
a pci bridge in qemu, because pci bridges are tested
and supported by more guests.

> If good error handling is wanted, express should be used.
> So it isn't worthwhile to implement pci-to-pcie bridge.

Okay, we can look into this later.

> -- 
> yamahata