Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Drop roms from standard build

[Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>]

Paul Brook wrote:
>>> I think the chances of the user having appropriate toolchains readily
>>> available (without significant additional per-rom configury) are
>>> extremely slim.
>>>       
>> Actually, for x86, all of our ROMs will just use GCC so when building
>> x86 on x86, it's very likely the right tool chain is available.
>>     
>
> Except when it isn't, for example when building with a windows binary.
>   

That's a simple problem that has to do with the way ld is being used.  A 
patch was posted that actually works with the mingw ld.

> Also, x86 is only one of many targets qemu supports. If you're serious about 
> rebuilding roms as standard, then at bare minimum you need to handle sparc and 
> ppc as well as x86.
>   

Yup.  That's why we need to probe for toolchains in order to determine 
whether roms can be built.  If you're a developer making changes to 
OpenBIOS, clearly you are going to have the appropriate tool chains 
installed.

> Paul
>   


-- 
Regards,

Anthony Liguori