Re: [Qemu-devel] [SeaBIOS] KVM call agenda for 2013-05-28

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On 06/01/13 01:01, Jordan Justen wrote:
> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 2:32 AM, Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>   Hi,
>>
>>> I guess -bios would load coreboot. Coreboot would siphon the data
>>> necessary for ACPI table building through the current (same) fw_cfg
>>> bottleneck, build the tables,
>>
>> Yes.
> 
> So, this is really about making coreboot+seabios the default QEMU
> firmware, and making seabios depend on being a coreboot payload?

I still think it's better to simply have qemu generate the acpi tables,
but if that isn't going to be accepted we should seriously consider &
evaluate switching to coreboot.

>>> load the boot firmware (SeaBIOS or OVMF or
>>> something else -- not sure how to configure that),
> 
> It wouldn't be loading OVMF. It would be loading CorebootPkg.

Yep.  Some OVMF bits would be needed though (virtio drivers, qemu boot
priority support, ...).

cheers,
  Gerd

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