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Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:21:49 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/10269 On 8/11/26 4:16 PM, Antonin Godard wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue Aug 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM CEST, Quentin Schulz via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote: >> Hi Antonin, >> >> On 8/11/26 3:17 PM, Antonin Godard via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote: >>> The QB_DEFAULT_BIOS allows setting the -bios parameter of QEMU, which >>> can be used to emulate U-Boot, for example. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard >>> --- >>> Changes in v2: >>> - Address comments from Quentin (thanks!) >>> - Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260804-qb-default-bios-v1-1-bc851931973d@bootlin.com >>> --- >>> documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ >>> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) >>> >>> diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst >>> index e75f42afe..f4ed9a883 100644 >>> --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst >>> +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst >>> @@ -8084,6 +8084,25 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. >>> replaces the ``@CLIENT@`` and ``@GATEWAY@`` place holders by the IP and >>> the gateway address of the QEMU guest. >>> >>> + :term:`QB_DEFAULT_BIOS` >>> + The :term:`QB_DEFAULT_BIOS` variable can be used to provide a default >> >> "can be used to provide a default value" can be read as "it's not >> mandatory" while it is when using runqemu > > It's not? Using runqemu with qemuarm64 and _without_ a BIOS value (or > QB_DEFAULT_BIOS) is possible. In fact it's the default behavior. > I misread runqemu, sorry for the noise. I missed the early return. Cheers, Quentin