From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:53451) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RYdm1-0005l0-Nw for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:12:35 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RYdlv-0008PO-Ko for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:12:29 -0500 Received: from goliath.siemens.de ([192.35.17.28]:15678) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RYdlv-0008P6-CN for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:12:23 -0500 Message-ID: <4EE0B7B4.4070808@siemens.com> Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:12:20 +0100 From: Jan Kiszka MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <5510ec8c-9ce0-44e5-a4e8-24c29b7d71f4@mailpro> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu 1.0 : booting from scsi device (extboot removal) List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Alexandre DERUMIER Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On 2011-12-08 13:41, Alexandre DERUMIER wrote: > Hi, > > I'm working on the proxmox 2.0 distribution (kvm distrib) and I'm trying to boot from scsi device with qemu 1.0. > > since this patch > > Remove extboot support -- Linux KVM > http://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg61865.html > > > it does'nt work anymore. > > > I know I can use lsi rom with > > -option-rom 8xx_64.rom > > > But isn't it possible to use another GPL compliant alternative ? It is, e.g. via native support in SeaBIOS. But someone has to implement that. Or motivate a third party to do this. Jan -- Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT T DE IT 1 Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux