From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NMPzy-0003c6-6q for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:55:18 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NMPzt-0003Qz-13 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:55:17 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50788 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NMPzs-0003Qp-U7 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:55:12 -0500 Received: from mail-gx0-f223.google.com ([209.85.217.223]:48381) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NMPzs-0004ZP-Ht for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:55:12 -0500 Received: by gxk23 with SMTP id 23so4805128gxk.2 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:55:12 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B2E64FE.8060306@codemonkey.ws> Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:55:10 -0600 From: Anthony Liguori MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/8] Support PCI based option rom loading References: <1261134074-11795-1-git-send-email-kraxel@redhat.com> <1261134074-11795-2-git-send-email-kraxel@redhat.com> <4B2E4409.4050809@codemonkey.ws> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Alexander Graf Cc: Blue Swirl , seabios@seabios.org, Gerd Hoffmann , qemu-devel@nongnu.org Alexander Graf wrote: > Don't macs usually have a powerpc vgabios? > I'm not certain, but this is what x86emu is for in X11. VGA is a PC concept and just about nothing about it really make sense on a different architecture. The interface is an extension of the PC BIOS (software interrupts) and the dictated memory layouts are specific to the x86. I think most non-x86 systems have to use native drivers for whatever graphics cards they support from the start. Regards, Anthony Liguori