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* pc-bios/linux_boot.bin and other pc-bios stuff
@ 2009-10-23 16:30 Michael Tokarev
  2009-10-25 13:58 ` Avi Kivity
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Michael Tokarev @ 2009-10-23 16:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: KVM list

..is this file needed in qemu-kvm-0.11.0?

It looks like it's not used in the code,
can't be rebuilt, and is a left-over from
ancient times.  Can it be removed?

Also while at it, why can't kvm ship with
pxe-virtio.bin virtio boot rom from git
version of etherboot (rom-o-matic.org
produces it just fine)?

And for other files in pc-bios directory,
like READMEs and patches - how up-to-date
they are?

Thanks!

/mjt

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* Re: pc-bios/linux_boot.bin and other pc-bios stuff
  2009-10-23 16:30 pc-bios/linux_boot.bin and other pc-bios stuff Michael Tokarev
@ 2009-10-25 13:58 ` Avi Kivity
  2009-11-02 15:54   ` Anthony Liguori
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Avi Kivity @ 2009-10-25 13:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Michael Tokarev; +Cc: KVM list

On 10/23/2009 06:30 PM, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> ..is this file needed in qemu-kvm-0.11.0?
>
> It looks like it's not used in the code,
> can't be rebuilt, and is a left-over from
> ancient times.  Can it be removed?
>

There's no linux_boot.bin in the qemu-kvm stable-0.11 source tree.

> Also while at it, why can't kvm ship with
> pxe-virtio.bin virtio boot rom from git
> version of etherboot (rom-o-matic.org
> produces it just fine)?

Questions of the form "why hasn't $event happened" are generally 
unanswerable.

>
> And for other files in pc-bios directory,
> like READMEs and patches - how up-to-date
> they are?

This form of question also has a default answer, outdated.

-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function


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* Re: pc-bios/linux_boot.bin and other pc-bios stuff
  2009-10-25 13:58 ` Avi Kivity
@ 2009-11-02 15:54   ` Anthony Liguori
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Anthony Liguori @ 2009-11-02 15:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Avi Kivity; +Cc: Michael Tokarev, KVM list

Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 10/23/2009 06:30 PM, Michael Tokarev wrote:
>> ..is this file needed in qemu-kvm-0.11.0?
>>
>> It looks like it's not used in the code,
>> can't be rebuilt, and is a left-over from
>> ancient times.  Can it be removed?
>>
>
> There's no linux_boot.bin in the qemu-kvm stable-0.11 source tree.

Indeed.

>> Also while at it, why can't kvm ship with
>> pxe-virtio.bin virtio boot rom from git
>> version of etherboot (rom-o-matic.org
>> produces it just fine)?
>
> Questions of the form "why hasn't $event happened" are generally 
> unanswerable.

It is now.

>>
>> And for other files in pc-bios directory,
>> like READMEs and patches - how up-to-date
>> they are?
>
> This form of question also has a default answer, outdated.

Actually, the README and the patches should all be up to date.  If not, 
please let me know because it's important that they all be up to date.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori


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