From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@codesourcery.com>
Cc: Leon Alrae <leon.alrae@imgtec.com>,
qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] MIPS/Malta: pci_add_option_rom: failed to find romfile "efi-pcnet.rom"
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:43:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1418384588.23141.26.camel@nilsson.home.kraxel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.10.1412112029220.19155@tp.orcam.me.uk>
Hi,
> I see the file in the source tree, but that does not address my concern.
> The Malta board does not include any x86 firmware and so requiring one is
> IMHO the wrong way to go. The setup should specify the onboard NIC has no
> ROM and should not require an image for it. Having to distribute x86
> firmware with a MIPS simulator and toolchain makes no sense to me (OK, we
> could probably `dd' /dev/zero to substitute a dummy image, but that is
> more like a hack to me than a proper solution).
You can set the romfile property to the empty string, using compat
properties for the malta board.
cheers,
Gerd
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-12-12 11:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-12-11 16:18 [Qemu-devel] MIPS/Malta: pci_add_option_rom: failed to find romfile "efi-pcnet.rom" Maciej W. Rozycki
2014-12-11 19:07 ` Leon Alrae
2014-12-11 20:41 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2014-12-12 11:43 ` Gerd Hoffmann [this message]
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