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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [6777] Use firmware configuration instead of NVRAM
	( initial patch by Aurelien Jarno)
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Cc: Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com>

Blue Swirl wrote:
> Revision: 6777
>           http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=6777
> Author:   blueswir1
> Date:     2009-03-08 09:51:29 +0000 (Sun, 08 Mar 2009)
> Log Message:
> -----------
> Use firmware configuration instead of NVRAM (initial patch by Aurelien Jarno)
>
> Use firmware configuration device for boot device, kernel, initrd and
> kernel command line parameters on PPC, Sparc32 and Sparc64.
>
> Update OpenBIOS images to r479 which supports the change.
>
> Modified Paths:
> --------------
>     trunk/hw/firmware_abi.h
>     trunk/hw/ppc_mac.h
>     trunk/hw/ppc_newworld.c
>     trunk/hw/ppc_oldworld.c
>     trunk/hw/sun4m.c
>     trunk/hw/sun4u.c
>     trunk/pc-bios/README
>     trunk/pc-bios/openbios-ppc
>     trunk/pc-bios/openbios-sparc32
>     trunk/pc-bios/openbios-sparc64
>   
This patch breaks OpenBoot POST for a real SS5-170 prom image.