[Qemu-devel] Re: [SeaBIOS] [PATCH 0/8] option rom loading overhaul.

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>>> Is 0.11 -> 0.12 migration supposed to work? That could become quite
>>> nasty too. But maybe that is impossible anyway due to the switch to
>>> seabios?
>>
>> In theory, it should work. SeaBIOS should not be a guest visible change
>> because the guest should not depend on what BIOS we're using.
>
> Indeed.  In theory even the switch of the option rom loading should 
> work just fine.  After migration old bios and roms are still in 
> memory, the next reboot will be the world switch to new seabios, new 
> roms, new way to deploy roms and everything.
>
> Lets see how this works out in practice ...

BTW, I've got the series in staging now and am testing it.  I've folded 
in the changes we've passed around and updated the commit log appropriately.

If you've got additional changes, please send them out, otherwise, let 
me know if you're happy with what's in staging.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> cheers,
>   Gerd
>