Re: [Qemu-devel] MIPS/Malta: pci_add_option_rom: failed to find romfile "efi-pcnet.rom"

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

>  I see the file in the source tree, but that does not address my concern.  
> The Malta board does not include any x86 firmware and so requiring one is 
> IMHO the wrong way to go.  The setup should specify the onboard NIC has no 
> ROM and should not require an image for it.  Having to distribute x86 
> firmware with a MIPS simulator and toolchain makes no sense to me (OK, we 
> could probably `dd' /dev/zero to substitute a dummy image, but that is 
> more like a hack to me than a proper solution).

You can set the romfile property to the empty string, using compat
properties for the malta board.

cheers,
  Gerd