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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 0/3] update seabios to 1.8.2,
	add virtio-vga vgabios
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To: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>
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On Mi, 2015-06-17 at 11:36 +0300, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> 17.06.2015 10:38, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> []
> >  pc-bios/vgabios-cirrus.bin | Bin 37888 -> 38400 bytes
> >  pc-bios/vgabios-qxl.bin    | Bin 38400 -> 38400 bytes
> >  pc-bios/vgabios-stdvga.bin | Bin 38400 -> 38400 bytes
> >  pc-bios/vgabios-virtio.bin | Bin 0 -> 38400 bytes
> >  pc-bios/vgabios-vmware.bin | Bin 38400 -> 38400 bytes
> >  pc-bios/vgabios.bin        | Bin 38400 -> 38400 bytes
> 
> What's the diff. between stdvga, virtio and vmware vgabioses?
> Is it just the PCI vendor/device IDs with the same code?

Yes.

> Maybe it'd be better to have just one bios but patch the
> blob on load? With simple ROMs (without nested parts like
> for the pxe efi/bios combined ROMs) it should be easy.

"should be easy".  Famous last words ;)

Don't feel like experimenting with it with the freeze just around the
corner.  Also: why?  Disk space?  Save a few kb in the age of TB disks?

cheers,
  Gerd