Re: [SeaBIOS] [coreboot] Upgrade the 12 years old LZMA libraries - should we do it?
by Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
Hi Ivan,
On 03.04.2018 20:03, Ivan Ivanov wrote:
> I have noticed that both coreboot and seabios are using the very old
> versions of LZMA SDK.
True. I introduced the lzma code in coreboot (back when it was called
LinuxBIOS) when we were working on OLPC XO-1 support.
> If we will upgrade our LZMA libraries from the
> outdated-by-12-years 4.42 to the current version 18.04 , speed and
> compression ratio should improve and maybe a few bugs will be fixed.
Do you have any numbers for this? An improved compression ratio and
improved speed would be nice indeed, but how does the size of the
decompression code change? If the decompression code grows more than the
size reduction from better compression, it would be a net loss. A
significantly reduced decompression speed would also be a problem.
Decompression speed would have to be measured both for stream
decompression (i.e. the decompressor gets the compressed data in
single-byte or multibyte chunks) as well as full-size decompression
(i.e. the decompressor can access all compressed data at once). We also
have to make sure that stream decompression still works after the change.
> Do you think it should be done, or you are OK with using such an
> outdated version?
A size benefit for the resulting image is a good reason to switch.
Regards,
Carl-Daniel
1 month, 3 weeks
KVM Forum 2018: Call For Participation
by Paolo Bonzini
================================================================
KVM Forum 2018: Call For Participation
October 24-26, 2018 - Edinburgh International Conference Centre - Edinburgh, UK
(All submissions must be received before midnight June 14, 2018)
=================================================================
KVM Forum is an annual event that presents a rare opportunity
for developers and users to meet, discuss the state of Linux
virtualization technology, and plan for the challenges ahead.
We invite you to lead part of the discussion by submitting a speaking
proposal for KVM Forum 2018.
At this highly technical conference, developers driving innovation
in the KVM virtualization stack (Linux, KVM, QEMU, libvirt) can
meet users who depend on KVM as part of their offerings, or to
power their data centers and clouds.
KVM Forum will include sessions on the state of the KVM
virtualization stack, planning for the future, and many
opportunities for attendees to collaborate. After more than ten
years of development in the Linux kernel, KVM continues to be a
critical part of the FOSS cloud infrastructure.
This year, KVM Forum is joining Open Source Summit in Edinburgh, UK. Selected
talks from KVM Forum will be presented on Wednesday October 24 to the full
audience of the Open Source Summit. Also, attendees of KVM Forum will have
access to all of the talks from Open Source Summit on Wednesday.
https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/kvm-forum-2018/program/cfp/
Suggested topics:
* Scaling, latency optimizations, performance tuning, real-time guests
* Hardening and security
* New features
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===============
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Event dates: October 24-26, 2018
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9 months, 1 week
[PATCH 0/6] qemu: add bochs-display support
by Gerd Hoffmann
Add support for the new bochs-display device in qemu.
Gerd Hoffmann (6):
pci,optionrom: enable non-vga display devices
cbvga: factor out cbvga_setup_modes()
qemu: add bochs-display support
cbvga_setup_modes: use real mode number instead of 0x140
cbvga_list_modes: don't list current mode twice
[workaround] cbvga_set_mode: disable clearmem
vgasrc/vgahw.h | 28 ++++++------
vgasrc/vgautil.h | 1 +
src/fw/pciinit.c | 15 +++++--
src/optionroms.c | 29 ++++++++++++-
vgasrc/cbvga.c | 127 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
vgasrc/Kconfig | 17 ++++++++
6 files changed, 173 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
--
2.9.3
9 months, 3 weeks
Re: [SeaBIOS] [PATCH 0/6] qemu: add bochs-display support
by Patrick Rudolph
Patch 2, 4 and 5 looks good to me.
Patch 6 causes artifacts on mode change, if the new mode is smaller
than the previous.
Would it be possible to include a 32bit memset into seavgabios ?
That way there is no need to call a BIOS routine to clear the memory.
Regards,
Patrick
On Thu, 2018-05-31 at 08:33 +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> Add support for the new bochs-display device in qemu.
>
> Gerd Hoffmann (6):
> pci,optionrom: enable non-vga display devices
> cbvga: factor out cbvga_setup_modes()
> qemu: add bochs-display support
> cbvga_setup_modes: use real mode number instead of 0x140
> cbvga_list_modes: don't list current mode twice
> [workaround] cbvga_set_mode: disable clearmem
>
> vgasrc/vgahw.h | 28 ++++++------
> vgasrc/vgautil.h | 1 +
> src/fw/pciinit.c | 15 +++++--
> src/optionroms.c | 29 ++++++++++++-
> vgasrc/cbvga.c | 127 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
> vgasrc/Kconfig | 17 ++++++++
> 6 files changed, 173 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
>
9 months, 3 weeks
[PATCH] gitignore: ignore config.mak
by Ciro Santilli
---
Resending because I had not subscribed previously and it bounced.
.gitignore | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f9990fe..15c0b1a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+config.mak
out
*.pyc
.config
--
2.16.1
10 months
Re: [SeaBIOS] SecureDrive
by Аладышев Константин
I guess it is not possible.. Found this article on vendor site
https://www.transcend-info.com/Support/FAQ-409
"- Can the JetFlash be used as a bootable flash drive?"
"JetFlash series aims at being a portable storage device and not as a
bootable drive. No exclusive software tool is provided either."
Best Regards,
Aladyshev Konstantin
From: Аладышев Константин [mailto:aladyshev@nicevt.ru]
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2018 2:50 PM
To: 'seabios(a)seabios.org'
Cc: kevin(a)koconnor.net
Subject: SecureDrive
I'm having problems with USB boot from Transcend JetFlash 620 drive 32GB.
SeaBIOS doesn't see it as boot device. I suppose the problem is in
SecureDrive technology that is used on this device. I tried to remove it
with "CD-ROM Remover_v1.0.0.3" tool that I've found. It removed CD partition
from OS, but SeaBIOS still can't see flash drive as boot device.
Does someone know how to solve this issue?
Best Regards,
Aladyshev Konstantin
10 months, 1 week
SecureDrive
by Аладышев Константин
I'm having problems with USB boot from Transcend JetFlash 620 drive 32GB.
SeaBIOS doesn't see it as boot device. I suppose the problem is in
SecureDrive technology that is used on this device. I tried to remove it
with "CD-ROM Remover_v1.0.0.3" tool that I've found. It removed CD partition
from OS, but SeaBIOS still can't see flash drive as boot device.
Does someone know how to solve this issue?
Best Regards,
Aladyshev Konstantin
10 months, 1 week
[PATCH] Enable shell-like * globing in bootorder entries
by Ian Kelling
Signed-off-by: Ian Kelling <ian(a)iankelling.org>
---
src/boot.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/boot.c b/src/boot.c
index ff705fd..ca64595 100644
--- a/src/boot.c
+++ b/src/boot.c
@@ -91,14 +91,14 @@ glob_prefix(const char *glob, const char *str)
}
}
-// Search the bootorder list for the given glob pattern.
+// Search the bootorder glob list for the given device description
static int
-find_prio(const char *glob)
+find_prio(const char *desc)
{
- dprintf(1, "Searching bootorder for: %s\n", glob);
+ dprintf(1, "Searching bootorder for: %s\n", desc);
int i;
for (i = 0; i < BootorderCount; i++)
- if (glob_prefix(glob, Bootorder[i]))
+ if (glob_prefix(Bootorder[i], desc))
return i+1;
return -1;
}
--
2.7.4
10 months, 1 week
Re: [SeaBIOS] Librem 15v3 hangs at Booting from Hard Disk...
by Youness Alaoui
On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 9:14 PM, Philip C. <pchampon(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> I've been having some issues with a laptop recently. My Librem 15v3 was
> bouncing along, until one day I ran into an apt-get upgrade issue. I
> attempted to fix the affected script by pointing it to the base directory
> busybox lived. The upgrade completed without any apparent issue.
This is clearly totally unrelated to SeaBIOS, and it looks like an
linux/grub installation problem.
>
> But, now no matter what I do, unattended boots hang on
>
> SeaBIOS (version rel-1.11.0-0-g63451fc)
> Booting from Hard Disk...
> _
If you see nothing after that, then that probably means that SeaBIOS
executed whatever was on the drive's boot sector and that failed to do
anything, so grub crashed or there was no grub in the first place, or
it was misconfigured and it stopped instead of showing some error
message, etc.. whatever the issue is, it looks like it's not related
to SeaBIOS.
>
> I have tried reinstalling the OS, using their live boot ISO. Each time, no
> matter which disk I configure (/dev/sda or /dev/nvme0n1), the install fails
> with the message
>
> Installation failed Failed to run update-initramfs on the target The exit
> code was 2
What OS is that ? What's the error of update-initramfs ? Did you try
to run update-initramfs manually to see what error it gives you ? I
remember seeing a similar error related to a busybox depedency (this
error https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864143) and I
can't remember the exact fix, but it was something like : edit
/etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf and change the "BUSYBOX=auto" to
either "y" or "n", one of them fixes it. Or maybe it was the file
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/conf-hooks.d/cryptsetup, or maybe you have
to add a line "BUSYBOXDIR=/bin" to the config..
Either way, you should fix whatever is causing that first.
>
> I have upgraded coreboot, no joy. I have also tried manually running grub,
> from the installer, ie
>
> mkdir /mnt/root
> cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda3 root
> mount /dev/mapper/root /mnt/root
> mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/root/boot
> grub-install --boot-directory=/mnt/root/boot /dev/sda
> update-grub2
>
Yeah, upgrading coreboot won't change anything if your hard drive
doesn't have a working grub installed on it.
I think your issue here might be that "update-grub2" will update the
grub files in /boot (from the live USB), not in /mnt/root/boot. I
would suggest to simplify your life and just "mount /dev/sda1 /boot"
so the update would work (even if you manually use grub-mkconfig -o
/mnt/root/boot, it will still scan some things in /boot, and it might
mess things up, so just mount it on top of the existing /boot and call
update-grub)
> The folks at purism/librem seem to be as confused as I am. Does anyone here
> have any insight into how I can fix this problem?
I haven't heard of this issue, usually, if it's related to coreboot, I
get asked for my opinion, but I suppose I wasn't poked about it by
tech support because it's a linux/install problem, and indeed, it's
not related to coreboot.
As for all that stuff about getting seabios debug, I don't know how
much that will help you. I'm sure all you'll see is something like
"jumping into boot sector" then nothing, it's not like the cbmem
console log will have the grub debug output in it saying "I'm about to
crash because I can't find my config" for example. Unless SeaBIOS sets
up a segfault handler or something prior to jumping into boot drive
and writes to the log a crash report, I have no idea if it does that.
>
> Thanks!
>
I hope that helps, good luck. And if you need more help, I suggest not
to spam this mailing list with non-seabios-development related
questions, you can continue emailing me directly.
Youness.
10 months, 1 week
bug: boot menu items 10+ cannot be selected
by Ian Kelling
The boot menu says option 10, but when you type 10, it selects #1 as
soon as you press 1. I think an easy fix would be that when there are at
least 10 items in the boot menu to print 01, 02, etc. and read 2
characters. I don't care about this being fixed, just figured I'd
report it.
--
Ian Kelling
https://iankelling.org
10 months, 1 week
