new release tag?

[Niklas Cassel]

Hello Seabios maintainers,

I was wondering, is there any chance of getting a new release tag
(e.g. rel-1.16.3) anytime soon?
Or is there any plan on when it will be tagged?

I'm waiting to send out a (AHCI specific) QEMU patch, but I can't
do so until:
1) there is a new Seabios tag
2) QEMU has updated to the latest Seabios release tag

No trying to stress anyone, just looking forward to cross things
from my todo list :)

Kind regards,
Niklas

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On Mon, Aug 07, 2023 at 10:51:33AM +0000, Niklas Cassel via SeaBIOS wrote:
> Hello Seabios maintainers,
>
> I was wondering, is there any chance of getting a new release tag
> (e.g. rel-1.16.3) anytime soon?
> Or is there any plan on when it will be tagged?
>
> I'm waiting to send out a (AHCI specific) QEMU patch, but I can't
> do so until:
> there is a new Seabios tag
> QEMU has updated to the latest Seabios release tag

I guess Mark (Cc'ed) is sitting in the same boat with the scsi
driver fixes.

We just missed qemu 8.1, so we don't have to rush things,
but it probably makes sense to update seabios not too late
in the 8.2 devel cycle due to qemu patches depending on the
seabios fixes.

Cc'ing qemu-devel: Are there any qemu changes pending or
planned for 8.2 which need changes in seabios?

take care,
  Gerd

[Niklas Cassel]

On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 10:56:05AM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 07, 2023 at 10:51:33AM +0000, Niklas Cassel via SeaBIOS wrote:
> > Hello Seabios maintainers,
> >
> > I was wondering, is there any chance of getting a new release tag
> > (e.g. rel-1.16.3) anytime soon?
> > Or is there any plan on when it will be tagged?
> >
> > I'm waiting to send out a (AHCI specific) QEMU patch, but I can't
> > do so until:
> > there is a new Seabios tag
> > QEMU has updated to the latest Seabios release tag
>
> I guess Mark (Cc'ed) is sitting in the same boat with the scsi
> driver fixes.
>
> We just missed qemu 8.1, so we don't have to rush things,
> but it probably makes sense to update seabios not too late
> in the 8.2 devel cycle due to qemu patches depending on the
> seabios fixes.
>
> Cc'ing qemu-devel: Are there any qemu changes pending or
> planned for 8.2 which need changes in seabios?

Hello Gerd,

The QEMU 8.2 devel cycle has started.

I do not want to stress you, but if we want to get additional fixes in,
that depend on the new seabios version, isn't it better to get the new
seabios version included sooner rather than later?

Kind regards,
Niklas

[Gerd Hoffmann]

Hi,
> > Cc'ing qemu-devel: Are there any qemu changes pending or
> > planned for 8.2 which need changes in seabios?

/me notes that nobody raised his hand.
> Hello Gerd,
>
> The QEMU 8.2 devel cycle has started.
>
> I do not want to stress you, but if we want to get additional fixes in,
> that depend on the new seabios version, isn't it better to get the new
> seabios version included sooner rather than later?

Yep.  I think I'll go with a git snapshot for now, to give the current
seabios master some more testing coverage before tagging a release.

take care,
  Gerd