Re: [Qemu-devel] PC BIOS Flash emulation

[Dmitry Zamaruev]

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Jordan Justen <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 08:51, Dmitry Zamaruev <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Avi Kivity <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> On 03/07/2012 03:59 PM, Dmitry Zamaruev wrote:
>>>> I'm trying to emulate BIOS Flash chip (something Intel FWH compatible)
>>>> on PC target (i386-softmmu) and to verify possibility of such
>>>> emulation I first tried to use pflash_cfi02 example from PPC platform.
>>>
>>> So is Jordan (copied).
>
> Yes, but I used pflash_cfi01.  It is now available for *non-kvm* qemu
> as of 1b89fa.
>
> To use it you can use the -pflash parameter to specify your flash
> image.  (You can also use -drive with a pflash interface type.)
>

Indeed qemu.git now contains support for bios flash.
While API is completely different from 0.14 version, using the same
approach as in qemu.git (initializing bios and isa space after pflash
init) worked like a charm for me. Thanks!

wbr,
Dmitry.