[SeaBIOS] WfW setup and DOS display.sys hanging

[Kevin O'Connor]

On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 03:57:46PM +0100, Sebastian wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> >>After rebooting, qemu hangs with 100% cpu usage when loading
> >>DISPLAY.SYS. It is loaded by the following line in CONFIG.SYS:
> >>
> >>DEVICE=C:\DOS\DISPLAY.SYS CON=(EGA,,1)
> >
> >Thanks.  That DEVICE line causes a failure for me as well and the call
> >trace is much easier to understand.
> >
> >The SeaVGABIOS patch below fixes both the DISPLAY.SYS and Win3 setup
> >issue for me.  (I can't reproduce the dosidle problem.)
> 
> The attached patch does indeed fix both the DISPLAY.SYS and Windows
> Setup problems for me. Thanks a lot! I can't reproduce the
> dosidle-problem either, it works now.

Okay, I hae pushed that patch into mainline.

> A straight non-networked Windows for Workgroups 3.11 installation
> now hangs after loading the Program Manager.

Is that related to seabios?

> I noticed that SeaBIOS does not work correctly with parallel make,
> log excerpts following:

I'll take a look if I get a chance.

-Kevin