From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D16BC5B56A for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:16:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout-03.galae.net (smtpout-03.galae.net [185.246.85.4]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc02-g2.55038.1786457807891892455 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2026 07:16:48 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@bootlin.com header.s=dkim header.b=DrzAbZb0; spf=pass (domain: bootlin.com, ip: 185.246.85.4, mailfrom: antonin.godard@bootlin.com) Received: from smtpout-01.galae.net (smtpout-01.galae.net [212.83.139.233]) by smtpout-03.galae.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C7ABB4E411B8; Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:16:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.galae.net (mail.galae.net [212.83.136.155]) by smtpout-01.galae.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8CA026033C; Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:16:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Mailerdaemon) with ESMTPSA id 52CCF11C48CDC; Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:16:40 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bootlin.com; s=dkim; t=1786457801; h=from:subject:date:message-id:to:cc:mime-version:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:references; bh=tJJ0CMLIHOfh2oH6V+2Mml/jhfXNd6sFK8nknObonKo=; b=DrzAbZb0yejzGNbwNOlfVMnFAjv3EPKjSb1ZE8PwLQU+AUAAUnXlFgAv/aAc7rD0QbuMV0 U2O6Fzx1Ay8rgMh0l0jXwGRETO4CYKCzaQwaaJ39XYwSsatNjth5liUgXDGYhTgW0Hx5yr GkiqB47JZvTLDDCVVk9A4oQGGakcDqUHHSoqEYLL2kjt+HE9z4aiqwl3MPysn8MNeztG3G sK3f2D4o0eYbR+ZcgrPmP8v//8iVvCnzvl3rLP67fQfSWyCws42Kp6MRcr5WJU8rI5wZtO ZrKDD0QWRuQQ9r9CoSkW9W0t2Y4F4UW2W1LL+j6syUbPwGFqVBYvfj0DnDMmeQ== Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:16:39 +0200 Message-Id: Subject: Re: [docs] [PATCH v2] ref-manual/variables.rst: document the QB_DEFAULT_BIOS variable Cc: "Thomas Petazzoni" From: "Antonin Godard" To: , References: <20260811-qb-default-bios-v2-1-02a6284ca3cf@bootlin.com> In-Reply-To: X-Last-TLS-Session-Version: TLSv1.3 List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:16:49 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/10268 Hi, On Tue Aug 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM CEST, Quentin Schulz via lists.yoctoproject.= org wrote: > Hi Antonin, > > On 8/11/26 3:17 PM, Antonin Godard via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote: >> The QB_DEFAULT_BIOS allows setting the -bios parameter of QEMU, which >> can be used to emulate U-Boot, for example. >>=20 >> Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard >> --- >> Changes in v2: >> - Address comments from Quentin (thanks!) >> - Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260804-qb-default-bios-v1-1-bc8= 51931973d@bootlin.com >> --- >> documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ >> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) >>=20 >> diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-= manual/variables.rst >> index e75f42afe..f4ed9a883 100644 >> --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst >> +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst >> @@ -8084,6 +8084,25 @@ system and gives an overview of their function an= d contents. >> replaces the ``@CLIENT@`` and ``@GATEWAY@`` place holders by the= IP and >> the gateway address of the QEMU guest. >> =20 >> + :term:`QB_DEFAULT_BIOS` >> + The :term:`QB_DEFAULT_BIOS` variable can be used to provide a def= ault > > "can be used to provide a default value" can be read as "it's not=20 > mandatory" while it is when using runqemu It's not? Using runqemu with qemuarm64 and _without_ a BIOS value (or QB_DEFAULT_BIOS) is possible. In fact it's the default behavior. Antonin