Re: [Qemu-devel] [SeaBIOS] qemu freeze, seabios release

[Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>]

On Mo, 2015-06-15 at 10:36 -0400, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 03:01:54PM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> > On Fr, 2015-06-12 at 16:10 -0400, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 09:00:19AM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> > > >   Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > > should be cherry-picked into stable please speak up now.  So far my list
> > > > > is pretty short:
> > > > 
> > > > Looked through the log.  The leal instruction and ahci max-ports fixes
> > > > are worth having too I think.  So I have this list now:
> > > > 
> > > > nilsson kraxel ~/projects/seabios (1.8-stable)# git log --oneline rel-1.8.1..
> > > > eb3677a vga: rework virtio-vga support
> > > > 33d4d4f build: Support "make VERSION=xyz" to override the default build version
> > > > dbd4a87 ahci: Ignore max_ports.
> > > > 42f6019 vgabios: Emulate "leal" instruction
> > > > c5fa0c5 vgabios: Add config option for assembler fixups
> > > 
> > > I think "smm: ignore bits 16,18-31 of SMM revision ID" (92f9b918)
> > > should also be considered.
> > 
> > Makes sense indeed, picked it up.
> > Updated public 1.8-stable branch.
> > I plan to tag 1.8.2 tomorrow.
> 
> I looked a little further.  If 799b20b0 is picked up then I think the
> fix in f24eb2f8 (just pushed) makes sense as well.

Yes. (btw: picked 799b20b0 to make the leal fix apply without
conflicts).

> Also, 18449686
> looks like a straight forward bug fix.

Added too.

> What do you think about 251e2638 + 3b9b9f24 ?  These work around the
> Windows Vista (and possibly later) hangs in the vgabios with old
> 16-bit apps (the "skifree" problem).

Hmm, not sure.  Feeling a bit nervous, but maybe I'm overcautious ...

cheers,
  Gerd