Re: [PATCH][v2] kvm-userspace: Load PCI option ROMs

Kevin O'Connor
2009-01-04T18:03:58Z

On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 07:28:50PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> Leendert van Doorn wrote:
>> Avi wrote:
>>> This is worrying as it will cause us to diverge from upstream bochs bios.
>> Yep. I'll create a less invasive patch. I've been looking at SEABIOS which
>> seems a much better alternative but the GPLv3 license worries me, especially
>> when you have proprietary guests that calls back into it.
> Surely, the BIOS call interface is a GPL boundary, just like the Linux
> syscall interface. Kevin, is that not the case? If it is a GPL
> interface, can you add an explicit exception to make it clear?

I would not want the SeaBIOS license to extend to an emulator that
deploys SeaBIOS nor to any regular real-mode apps that call SeaBIOS
handlers. I'd be happy to make this explicit.

-Kevin