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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 0/3] update seabios to 1.8.2, add virtio-vga vgab
From: |
Gerd Hoffmann |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 0/3] update seabios to 1.8.2, add virtio-vga vgabios |
Date: |
Wed, 17 Jun 2015 10:57:16 +0200 |
On Mi, 2015-06-17 at 11:36 +0300, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> 17.06.2015 10:38, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> []
> > pc-bios/vgabios-cirrus.bin | Bin 37888 -> 38400 bytes
> > pc-bios/vgabios-qxl.bin | Bin 38400 -> 38400 bytes
> > pc-bios/vgabios-stdvga.bin | Bin 38400 -> 38400 bytes
> > pc-bios/vgabios-virtio.bin | Bin 0 -> 38400 bytes
> > pc-bios/vgabios-vmware.bin | Bin 38400 -> 38400 bytes
> > pc-bios/vgabios.bin | Bin 38400 -> 38400 bytes
>
> What's the diff. between stdvga, virtio and vmware vgabioses?
> Is it just the PCI vendor/device IDs with the same code?
Yes.
> Maybe it'd be better to have just one bios but patch the
> blob on load? With simple ROMs (without nested parts like
> for the pxe efi/bios combined ROMs) it should be easy.
"should be easy". Famous last words ;)
Don't feel like experimenting with it with the freeze just around the
corner. Also: why? Disk space? Save a few kb in the age of TB disks?
cheers,
Gerd
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 0/3] update seabios to 1.8.2, add virtio-vga vgabios, Gerd Hoffmann, 2015/06/17
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 1/3] update seabios submodule to release 1.8.2, Gerd Hoffmann, 2015/06/17
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 2/3] tag our seabios builds, Gerd Hoffmann, 2015/06/17
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 3/3] update seabios and vgabios binaries, Gerd Hoffmann, 2015/06/17
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 0/3] update seabios to 1.8.2, add virtio-vga vgabios, Michael Tokarev, 2015/06/17
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 0/3] update seabios to 1.8.2, add virtio-vga vgabios,
Gerd Hoffmann <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 0/3] update seabios to 1.8.2, add virtio-vga vgabios, Peter Maydell, 2015/06/17