the following patch was just integrated into master: commit baa782020e9d2d0ce7b6fd1c7c43411c9aa2b900 Author: Gerd Hoffmann kraxel@redhat.com Date: Wed Nov 6 14:36:17 2013 +0100
qemu: load e820 from fw_cfg
qemu 1.7+ provides a fw_cfg file named "etc/e820" with e820-like entries for reservations and ram regions. Use it for ram detection if present, otherwise fallback to the traditional cmos method.
Change-Id: Icac6c99d2a053e59dfdd28e48d1ceb3d56a61bdc Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann kraxel@redhat.com Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/4030 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins)
See http://review.coreboot.org/4030 for details.
-gerrit