Re: SMRAM sizes on large hosts

[Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>]

On 05/03/17 15:55, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 
> 
> On 03/05/2017 15:35, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
>>> I see.  In my other answer I tried to keep it as intact as possible.
>>>
>>> I'm a bit worried about the limits on the number of fw-cfg files.
>> We've promoted that to a device property in QEMU commit e12f3a13e2e1
>> ("fw-cfg: turn FW_CFG_FILE_SLOTS into a device property", 2017-01-12),
>> and we've raised the count to 0x20 for 2.9 machtypes, in commit
>> a5b3ebfd23bc ("fw-cfg: bump "x-file-slots" to 0x20 for 2.9+ machine
>> types", 2017-01-12).
>>
>> ... Or does your concern already account for those?
> 
> I was aware it had been bumped, though not exactly how much.  32 is
> better than before, but still on the lowish side...

I tried to be frugal on purpose, but we can bump it again for 2.10,
can't we?

(Anyway, I'm not pushing for this too hard, just seeking to keep it open
as an option.)

Thanks,
Laszlo