Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] ROM migration

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 07:37:43PM +0300, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote:
> On 25.04.23 19:14, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote:
> > Hi all!
> > 
> > v2: simply ignore romfile on incoming migration when romsize is
> > specified.
> > 
> > Here I suggest a way to solve a problem, when we have existing
> > running QEMU with old option ROM of small size and want to migrate to
> > new environment where we don't have this ROM file.
> > 
> > All the details are in patch 03; 01-02 are simple code style
> > improvements.
> > 
> > Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy (3):
> >    pci: pci_add_option_rom(): improve style
> >    pci: pci_add_option_rom(): refactor: use g_autofree for path variable
> >    pci: ROM preallocation for incoming migration
> > 
> >   hw/pci/pci.c | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
> >   1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
> > 
> 
> While being here, could I ask a question:
> 
> As I understand, netcard ROM file is needed only for network boot. So, it's 
> absolutely correct to use romfile="" option: network boot will not work, but 
> everything else will work correctly. Is that right?
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Vladimir

That is correct.

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