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Re: [Qemu-devel] [QEMU] [PATCH v2 7/8] bootdevice: FW_CFG interface for
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Sam Eiderman |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [QEMU] [PATCH v2 7/8] bootdevice: FW_CFG interface for LCHS values |
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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 18:13:48 +0300 |
> On 17 Jun 2019, at 17:48, Kevin O'Connor <address@hidden> wrote:
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> On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 10:36:54AM +0300, Sam Eiderman wrote:
>> So overall, WDYT?
>> Keep it extendible for a low price of ABI + “bootdevices” name.
>> Or go strict and rename to “bios-geometries”?
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> If we add another qemu to firmware interface I think the interface
> should be documented. I also think that a mix of an ascii and binary
> interface is going to be difficult to describe and document. I'd
> prefer a pure ascii interface - for example a newline separated list
> of four space separted fields: <device name> <cylinders> <heads> <spt>
We can go pure ascii.
I meanwhile sent a v3 QEMU and v2 SeaBIOS patches for more comments.
Sam
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> -Kevin
[Qemu-devel] [QEMU] [PATCH v2 6/8] bootdevice: Refactor get_boot_devices_list, Sam Eiderman, 2019/06/12
[Qemu-devel] [QEMU] [PATCH v2 5/8] bootdevice: Gather LCHS from all relevant devices, Sam Eiderman, 2019/06/12
[Qemu-devel] [QEMU] [PATCH v2 3/8] bootdevice: Add interface to gather LCHS, Sam Eiderman, 2019/06/12
[Qemu-devel] [QEMU] [PATCH v2 2/8] block: Support providing LCHS from user, Sam Eiderman, 2019/06/12
[Qemu-devel] [QEMU] [PATCH v2 1/8] block: Refactor macros - fix tabbing, Sam Eiderman, 2019/06/12
Re: [Qemu-devel] [SeaBIOS] [QEMU] [PATCH v2 0/8] Add Qemu to SeaBIOS LCHS interface, no-reply, 2019/06/12
Re: [Qemu-devel] [QEMU] [PATCH v2 0/8] Add Qemu to SeaBIOS LCHS interface, Gerd Hoffmann, 2019/06/12