Re: [SeaBIOS] How much RAM is required?

[Peter Stuge]

Markus Armbruster wrote:
> > > > SeaBIOS requires a minimum of 1Meg of ram.  I didn't even know one
> > > > could request less than 1meg of ram from QEMU.
> > >
> > > I'll cook up a QEMU patch to give it at least that much.
> > But QEMU may use other firmware/payload than SeaBIOS which might
> > require less than 1 MB of RAM.
>
> Good point.

I disagree actually. It is not an invalid point, but please optimize
for the common case and let's deal with microscopic corner cases if
they actually happen.
> Could SeaBIOS fail more cleanly when it detects insufficient RAM?

What would you propose?

//Peter