From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51899) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ucq5c-0000ZS-Gd for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 16 May 2013 00:46:53 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ucq5a-0001y4-HK for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 16 May 2013 00:46:52 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:48386) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ucq5a-0001xc-7P for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 16 May 2013 00:46:50 -0400 Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 12:46:43 +0800 From: Amos Kong Message-ID: <20130516044643.GA3785@t430s.nay.redhat.com> References: <1366381460-6041-1-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com> <1366759020.13769.49.camel@haakon3.risingtidesystems.com> <517774C8.2030604@redhat.com> <20130424061126.GB4256@t430s.nay.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130424061126.GB4256@t430s.nay.redhat.com> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] seabios for qemu 1.5 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Gerd Hoffmann , kevin@koconnor.net, anthony@codemonkey.ws Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" , "seabios@seabios.org" , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, "Nicholas A. Bellinger" , target-devel , Paolo Bonzini , asias@redhat.com On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 02:11:26PM +0800, Amos Kong wrote: > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 07:59:36AM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > b44a7be17bdd270ea029a8e2ec0c2e80c6cd0444 virtio-scsi: Pack struct virtio_scsi_{req_cmd,resp_cmd} > > > 5a7730db57ab0715223421e65b54fb50d6fefe5c virtio-scsi: Set _DRIVER_OK flag before scsi target scanning > > > > > Anthony + Gerd, can we expect an rev to pc-bios/bios.bin soon to pick up > > > these seabios changes for vhost-scsi..? > > > > I don't feel like placing a seabios git snapshot into qemu. > > > > I think we should just cherry-pick everything we need for qemu 1.5 into > > the 1.7.2-stable branch, roll out a 1.7.2.2 release and put that into > > qemu 1.5. > > > > So, what will be needed? > > > > (1) The two commits listed above. > > (2) The patch for the pvpanic device (assuming it gets > > merged for 1.5). > > > > Anything else? > > Hi Gerd, > > This bug fix is needed: > > | commit 11a7234491cb2a027b0fa5e82af38a3e78b44c80 > | Author: Kevin O'Connor > | Date: Tue Mar 5 17:52:21 2013 +0800 > | > | Cache boot-fail-wait to avoid romfile access after POST. > | > | Memory allocated with malloc_tmp() can't be used after the POST phase. > | So, access boot-fail-wait in post phase and store it for the boot > | phase to use. This fixes the regression introduced by commit > | 59d6ca52. This patch doesn't contain in seabios-1.7.2.1, it wasn't contained in latest bios.bin of qemu, it caused 'strict boot' doesn't work. # qemu -boot strict=on What can we do for this? push Kevin add this patch in stable branch and re-built bios.bin? > > Hard freeze for qemu 1.5 is next Wednesday. > > > > cheers, > > Gerd > > > > PS: For qemu 1.6 (which will hopefully include the acpi table > > reorganization) we will need a new release from the master > > branch and thus a bit more careful release planning. -- Amos.