Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] get roms more room.

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>]

On 28.03.2009 05:25, Glauber Costa wrote:
> This patch increases by 50 % the size available for option roms.
> The main motivator is that some roms grew bigger than the 64k we
> currently allocate for them (Hey, it's 2009!)
>
> One example is the gpxe project, that produces some roms with 69k,
> 70k, etc. The space proposed by this patch actually makes it as
> big as 84k. Probably still a fit for some time.
>
> But there is no free lunch. This space must come from somewhere,
> and we take it from vga rom space. Currently, our vga roms are
> around 35k in size. With this patch, option rom space will begin
> just after vga ends, aligned to the next 2k boundary.
>
> Technicaly, we could do the same with the uper space (the bios itself),
> but since bochs bios is already 128 k in size, I don't see an
> urgent need to do it.
>
> [ fix case for vgabioses smaller than 30k, by Carl-Daniel Hailfinger ]
>
> Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@redhat.com>
>   

Thanks for your patience with my comments!

Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>

Regards,
Carl-Daniel

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