[SeaBIOS] [PATCH 0/5][RFC] Simultaneous multi-platform support
Paolo Bonzini
pbonzini at redhat.com
Fri Feb 8 15:33:35 CET 2013
Il 08/02/2013 11:37, Gerd Hoffmann ha scritto:
> Hi,
>
>> I only really want to be allowed to use virtio devices, and also the
>> "real" hardware devices like lsi scsi, which are currently enabled only
>> for QEMU for some reason (is the qemu emulation not compatible with real
>> devices?)
>
> Pretty close: It isn't tested on real hardware, thats why the
> restriction to qemu. We had that for other drivers too: ahci started as
> qemu-supported too, after testing+fixing on real hardware it got enabled
> for everybody. Given the age of real lsi hardware it is unlikely
> anybody ever wants to use it on !qemu though ...
Also, unlike AHCI the real hardware would likely come with option ROMs...
Paolo
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