Re: [SeaBIOS] [PATCHv2 0/6] Improved multi-platform support

[Kevin O'Connor]

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 05:28:11PM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > Does QEMU_HARDWARE mean hardware "defined" (so to speak) by QEMU (e.g.
> > virtio type stuff) or does it include regular hardware emulated by QEMU
> > (e.g. real IDE disks etc). Xen uses the latter but not the former. The
> > use of the symbol in both the CONFIG_VIRTIO_FOO and scsi_drive_setup()
> > suggests it covers both?
>
> I think it's supposed to be the former, and would argue (and submit
> patches) that it *should* be the case even if Kevin's patch series
> doesn't quite do that.

The intent was to implement the former (QEMU_HARDWARE encapsulate
virtual hardware and hardware we only trust in virtual environments -
virtio, lsi, esp, debug io, etc).  Did the patch get something wrong?

-Kevin