From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anthony Liguori Subject: Re: pc-bios/linux_boot.bin and other pc-bios stuff Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:54:17 -0600 Message-ID: <4AEF00A9.7050609@codemonkey.ws> References: <4AE1DA17.5090802@msgid.tls.msk.ru> <4AE4598E.5040303@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Michael Tokarev , KVM list To: Avi Kivity Return-path: Received: from mail-yw0-f202.google.com ([209.85.211.202]:49700 "EHLO mail-yw0-f202.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755611AbZKBPyQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:54:16 -0500 Received: by ywh40 with SMTP id 40so4574383ywh.33 for ; Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:54:20 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4AE4598E.5040303@redhat.com> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 This form of question also has a default answer, outdated.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