From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>, KVM list <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: pc-bios/linux_boot.bin and other pc-bios stuff
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:54:17 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AEF00A9.7050609@codemonkey.ws> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4AE4598E.5040303@redhat.com>
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 This form of question also has a default answer, outdated.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
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-02 15:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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 [this message]
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