Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 3/4] boot/grub2: update readme.txt details

["Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>]

Thomas, All,

On 2022-07-19 09:40 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot spake thusly:
> For the Qemu-compatible UEFI firmware, the kraxel.org pointed to by
> the readme.txt file is outdated. Instead, point to the recently added
> ovmf-bin package in Buildroot.

Since we do not have ovmf-bin in the end, I've tweaked the text to
explain how to get the OVMF blurbs; please review my chhanges if they
still make sense.

Applied to master, thanks.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

> While at it, drop the pci=nocrs information, as it is no longer
> needed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
> ---
>  boot/grub2/readme.txt | 21 ++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/boot/grub2/readme.txt b/boot/grub2/readme.txt
> index 0282fbdd13..c8d475ec73 100644
> --- a/boot/grub2/readme.txt
> +++ b/boot/grub2/readme.txt
> @@ -86,17 +86,10 @@ Notes on using Grub2 for x86/x86_64 EFI-based platforms
>  To test your i386/x86-64 EFI image in Qemu
>  ------------------------------------------
>  
> -1. Download the EFI BIOS for Qemu
> -   Version IA32 or X64 depending on the chosen Grub2
> -   platform (i386-efi vs. x86-64-efi)
> -   https://www.kraxel.org/repos/jenkins/edk2/
> -   (or use one provided by your distribution as OVMF)
> -2. Extract, and rename OVMF.fd to bios.bin and
> -   CirrusLogic5446.rom to vgabios-cirrus.bin.
> -3. qemu-system-{i386,x86-64} -L ovmf-dir/ -hda disk.img
> -4. Make sure to pass pci=nocrs to the kernel command line,
> -   to workaround a bug in the EFI BIOS regarding the
> -   EFI framebuffer.
> +1. Download/install the EFI BIOS for Qemu
> +   You can get it using the ovmf-bin package in Buildroot (installed
> +   in BINARIES_DIR), or use one provided by your distribution as OVMF.
> +2. qemu-system-{i386,x86-64} -bios <path-to-OVMF.fd> -hda disk.img
>  
>  Notes on using Grub2 for ARM u-boot-based platforms
>  ===================================================
> @@ -177,8 +170,10 @@ using qemu and EFI firmware built for qemu.
>   2. make
>  
>   3. Download the EFI firmware for qemu aarch64
> -    https://www.kraxel.org/repos/jenkins/edk2/
> -    (or use one provided by your distribution as OVMF-aarch64 or AAVMF)
> +
> +    You can get it using the ovmf-bin package in Buildroot (installed
> +    in BINARIES_DIR), or use one provided by your distribution as
> +    OVMF-aarch64 or AAVMF.
>  
>   4. Run qemu with:
>  
> -- 
> 2.36.1
> 
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