the following patch was just integrated into master: commit d69da8475e9794cfd8580457c63dafb8f5d240ed Author: Gerd Hoffmann kraxel@redhat.com Date: Thu Jul 25 15:59:07 2013 +0200
qemu: load acpi tables from fw_cfg.
Starting with release 1.7 qemu provides acpi tables via fw_cfg. Main advantage is that new (virtual) hardware which needs acpi support JustWorks[tm] without having to patch & update the firmware (seabios, coreboot, ...) accordingly.
So if we find acpi tables in fw_cfg try loading them, otherwise fallback to the builtin acpi tables.
Change-Id: I792232829b870ff6ed8414a3007e0af17f6c4223 Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann kraxel@redhat.com Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/4040 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins)
See http://review.coreboot.org/4040 for details.
-gerrit