Features/GuestRamSurfaceAllocation

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Gust RAM Surface Allocation

Summary

Remove requirement for allocating a VRAM bar (64MB by default) up front, allocate surfaces in the guest RAM instead.

Owner

  • Alon Levy

Current Status

  • Targeted Release: None
  • 0% complete

Description

Notes:

  • Reduces memory requirement if not in use (but requires driver to cap it itself to avoid running out of guest ram)
  • requires a different translation mechanism, since we must know the guest physical to
  • Do we want to support only contiguous memory?