[SeaBIOS] [PATCH 0/4] qemu option loading
Gerd Hoffmann
kraxel at redhat.com
Fri Dec 18 12:16:00 CET 2009
Hi,
qemu is about to change the way how option roms are loaded. pci roms
will be loaded into a option rom bar (like real hardware does).
non-pci roms can be loaded using the qemu firmware interface.
With this change seabios will deploy all roms instead of having qemu
copy them to the 0xc0000 -> 0e0000 range. Advantages are:
* roms can be packed better, especially in case they resize themself
(like the gPXE roms do).
* rom area is a bit larger as seabios can additionally use the
unused regions of the 0xe0000 segment.
* the whole process comes closer to what happens on real hardware.
cheers,
Gerd
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