From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57706) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XzOdH-0003qY-B8 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 06:43:45 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XzOdB-0007HI-5u for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 06:43:39 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:45267) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XzOdA-0007HC-UA for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 06:43:33 -0500 Message-ID: <1418384588.23141.26.camel@nilsson.home.kraxel.org> From: Gerd Hoffmann Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:43:08 +0100 In-Reply-To: References: <5489EB80.1040908@imgtec.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] MIPS/Malta: pci_add_option_rom: failed to find romfile "efi-pcnet.rom" List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" Cc: Leon Alrae , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Aurelien Jarno 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