[SeaBIOS] Re: SeaBIOS fails to boot from NVMe controller with lots of namespaces

[Thanos Makatos]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cole Robinson 
> Sent: 25 May 2021 17:01
> To: Gerd Hoffmann 
> Cc: Thanos Makatos ; [e-mail];
> John Levon ; Swapnil Ingle
> ; Liu, Changpeng 
> Subject: Re: [SeaBIOS] Re: SeaBIOS fails to boot from NVMe controller with
> lots of namespaces
>
> On 5/25/21 9:23 AM, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> > Hi,
> > > Where can I file this so it doesn't get lost?
> > > Anyone know a qemu command line workaround?
> >
> > Does
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> No, tested with qemu.git. Plus the code the patch touches in
> nvme_controller_enable comes after where the alloc failure happens.

I haven't upstreamed the relevant QEMU patch yet as I'm waiting for the SeaBIOS part to be reviewed first.

The alloc failure can be avoided be setting BUILD_MIN_BIOSTABLE to 32K.
> Cole