[Qemu-devel] [PULL 0/1] update qemu seabios / seabios release?

[Qemu-devel] [PULL 0/1] update qemu seabios / seabios release?

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

This pull updates seabios in qemu to the latest bits from seabios
master, so the upcoming 1.2 qemu release gets all the new shiny
stuff added recently.  I'd like to have a new seabios release for
inclusion into qemu 1.2 which is planned for September 1st.

So how about this plan:
  - merge seabios snapshot now (this pull req), so it gets testing
    in the qemu testing & release candidates phase
  - put seabios into bugfixing freeze too (now or in a few days),
    fix any issues poping up in testing.
  - roll out seabios release by end of august, so it can be included
    into qemu 1.2

Anthony?  Kevin?  Fine are you ok with this?

qemu release schedule is here: http://wiki.qemu.org/Planning/1.2

cheers,
  Gerd

Gerd Hoffmann (1):
  update seabios to latest master

 pc-bios/bios.bin |  Bin 131072 -> 131072 bytes
 roms/seabios     |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

The following changes since commit 0b8db8fe15d17a529a5ea90614c11e9f031dfee8:

  slirp: fix build on mingw32 (2012-08-06 19:31:55 -0500)

are available in the git repository at:
  git://git.kraxel.org/qemu seabios-5a02306

Gerd Hoffmann (1):
      update seabios to latest master

 pc-bios/bios.bin |  Bin 131072 -> 131072 bytes
 roms/seabios     |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/1] update seabios to latest master

[Gerd Hoffmann]

Upstream seabios commit 5a023065388287e261ae9212452ff541f9fa9cd3

Major changes since 1.7.0:
 - Usual share of bugfixes and cleanups ;)
 - Support for 64bit PCI bars and mapping those above 4G.
 - Stack switching for real mode irq handlers to reduce
   seabios stack footprint.
 - Support for booting from lsi scsi hba.
 - Support for booting from usb attached scsi.
 - Support for non-linear apic ids.

Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
---
 pc-bios/bios.bin |  Bin 131072 -> 131072 bytes
 roms/seabios     |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pc-bios/bios.bin b/pc-bios/bios.bin
index 5734ae5d77708227820fb893887c79e2969be4a3..eac67cb05a8a10f4244c3e4aeb0c35e725347e40 100644
GIT binary patch

[ ... snipped to not spam the list ... ]

diff --git a/roms/seabios b/roms/seabios
index a026308..5a02306 160000
--- a/roms/seabios
+++ b/roms/seabios
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a0263083cb4cda172832fbc916dc1417ee930574
+Subproject commit 5a023065388287e261ae9212452ff541f9fa9cd3
-- 
1.7.1

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 0/1] update qemu seabios / seabios release?

[Kevin O'Connor]

On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 05:45:07PM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>   Hi,
> 
> This pull updates seabios in qemu to the latest bits from seabios
> master, so the upcoming 1.2 qemu release gets all the new shiny
> stuff added recently.  I'd like to have a new seabios release for
> inclusion into qemu 1.2 which is planned for September 1st.
> 
> So how about this plan:
>   - merge seabios snapshot now (this pull req), so it gets testing
>     in the qemu testing & release candidates phase
>   - put seabios into bugfixing freeze too (now or in a few days),
>     fix any issues poping up in testing.
>   - roll out seabios release by end of august, so it can be included
>     into qemu 1.2
> 
> Anthony?  Kevin?  Fine are you ok with this?

Would the above schedule be realistic?  I'm be inclined to just go
with seabios 1.7.0 in 1.2 and arrange for an upgrade for the next qemu
release.

-Kevin

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 0/1] update qemu seabios / seabios release?

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On 08/09/12 13:57, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 05:45:07PM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>>   Hi,
>>
>> This pull updates seabios in qemu to the latest bits from seabios
>> master, so the upcoming 1.2 qemu release gets all the new shiny
>> stuff added recently.  I'd like to have a new seabios release for
>> inclusion into qemu 1.2 which is planned for September 1st.
>>
>> So how about this plan:
>>   - merge seabios snapshot now (this pull req), so it gets testing
>>     in the qemu testing & release candidates phase
>>   - put seabios into bugfixing freeze too (now or in a few days),
>>     fix any issues poping up in testing.
>>   - roll out seabios release by end of august, so it can be included
>>     into qemu 1.2
>>
>> Anthony?  Kevin?  Fine are you ok with this?
> 
> Would the above schedule be realistic?

I think it is (unless you scheduled your summer vacation for August),
thats why I suggested it.

What concerns do you have?

> I'm be inclined to just go
> with seabios 1.7.0 in 1.2 and arrange for an upgrade for the next qemu
> release.

We have a bunch of user-visible new features in master which I'd like to
have included in qemu 1.2 ...

cheers,
  Gerd

Re: [Qemu-devel] [SeaBIOS] [PULL 0/1] update qemu seabios / seabios release?

[Anthony Liguori]

Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> writes:

>   Hi,
>
> This pull updates seabios in qemu to the latest bits from seabios
> master, so the upcoming 1.2 qemu release gets all the new shiny
> stuff added recently.  I'd like to have a new seabios release for
> inclusion into qemu 1.2 which is planned for September 1st.
>
> So how about this plan:
>   - merge seabios snapshot now (this pull req), so it gets testing
>     in the qemu testing & release candidates phase
>   - put seabios into bugfixing freeze too (now or in a few days),
>     fix any issues poping up in testing.
>   - roll out seabios release by end of august, so it can be included
>     into qemu 1.2

We really would need a SeaBIOS release by no later than August 21st to
do this.  The 1.2 release is on September 1st but we're in hard freeze
starting on August 15th.  I wouldn't want to make any changes later than
the 21st.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

>
> Anthony?  Kevin?  Fine are you ok with this?
>
> qemu release schedule is here: http://wiki.qemu.org/Planning/1.2
>
> cheers,
>   Gerd
>
> Gerd Hoffmann (1):
>   update seabios to latest master
>
>  pc-bios/bios.bin |  Bin 131072 -> 131072 bytes
>  roms/seabios     |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> The following changes since commit 0b8db8fe15d17a529a5ea90614c11e9f031dfee8:
>
>   slirp: fix build on mingw32 (2012-08-06 19:31:55 -0500)
>
> are available in the git repository at:
>   git://git.kraxel.org/qemu seabios-5a02306
>
> Gerd Hoffmann (1):
>       update seabios to latest master
>
>  pc-bios/bios.bin |  Bin 131072 -> 131072 bytes
>  roms/seabios     |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> _______________________________________________
> SeaBIOS mailing list
> SeaBIOS@seabios.org
> http://www.seabios.org/mailman/listinfo/seabios

Re: [Qemu-devel] [SeaBIOS] [PULL 0/1] update qemu seabios / seabios release?

[Kevin O'Connor]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 08:42:11AM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> writes:
> 
> >   Hi,
> >
> > This pull updates seabios in qemu to the latest bits from seabios
> > master, so the upcoming 1.2 qemu release gets all the new shiny
> > stuff added recently.  I'd like to have a new seabios release for
> > inclusion into qemu 1.2 which is planned for September 1st.
> >
> > So how about this plan:
> >   - merge seabios snapshot now (this pull req), so it gets testing
> >     in the qemu testing & release candidates phase
> >   - put seabios into bugfixing freeze too (now or in a few days),
> >     fix any issues poping up in testing.
> >   - roll out seabios release by end of august, so it can be included
> >     into qemu 1.2
> 
> We really would need a SeaBIOS release by no later than August 21st to
> do this.  The 1.2 release is on September 1st but we're in hard freeze
> starting on August 15th.  I wouldn't want to make any changes later than
> the 21st.

I'm fine with tagging a release.  However, I think testing coverage is
the biggest concern.  If you want to do this, I suggest we pull the
current SeaBIOS snapshot now (as Gerd's plan calls for), and I'll
immediately start a bugfix only mode.

-Kevin