Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] switch to seavgabios

[malc]

On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:

>   Hi,
> 
> This patch series switches the vgabios binaries shipped by qemu from the
> lgpl'ed vgabios to the seabios version.
> 
> There should be no guest-visible changes (especially no regressions) in
> theory.  The only known (and intentional) exception is the vesa 2.0
> protected mode interface which is not implemented by the seavgabios.

What's the reason for it not being done?

Regardless, the switch shouldn't happen unless there are glaring omissions
like this one.

> There are no known issues with linux and windows guests.  Testing with
> other, more exotic guests is very welcome.
> 
> Note #1: Just pull from git to test, I've zapped the big binary patches
> so you can't 'git am' them.
> 
> Note #2: This goes on top of the seabios-1.7.0 pull request just sent,
> so pulling this will pull the seabios update too.
> 
> please give it a spin,
>   Gerd
> 
> The following changes since commit 6b034aa138716a515c88f7894940d5d0aff2f3ed:
> 
>   seabios: update to 1.7.0 (2012-04-17 10:51:41 +0200)
> 
> are available in the git repository at:
>   git://git.kraxel.org/qemu seavgabios-1.7.0
> 
> Gerd Hoffmann (3):
>       Add seavgabios build rules to roms/Makefile
>       Update vgabios binaries
>       Switch isa vga to seavgabios too.
> 
>  hw/vga-isa.c               |    2 +-
>  hw/vga_int.h               |    1 -
>  pc-bios/vgabios-cirrus.bin |  Bin 35840 -> 37888 bytes
>  pc-bios/vgabios-isavga.bin |  Bin 0 -> 37888 bytes
>  pc-bios/vgabios-qxl.bin    |  Bin 40448 -> 37888 bytes
>  pc-bios/vgabios-stdvga.bin |  Bin 40448 -> 37888 bytes
>  pc-bios/vgabios-vmware.bin |  Bin 40448 -> 37888 bytes
>  roms/Makefile              |   13 +++++++++++++
>  roms/config.vga.cirrus     |    3 +++
>  roms/config.vga.isavga     |    3 +++
>  roms/config.vga.qxl        |    6 ++++++
>  roms/config.vga.stdvga     |    3 +++
>  roms/config.vga.vmware     |    6 ++++++
>  13 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 pc-bios/vgabios-isavga.bin
>  create mode 100644 roms/config.vga.cirrus
>  create mode 100644 roms/config.vga.isavga
>  create mode 100644 roms/config.vga.qxl
>  create mode 100644 roms/config.vga.stdvga
>  create mode 100644 roms/config.vga.vmware
> 

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