Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/4] Add GPL bios as a submodule

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

On 18.05.2009 06:22, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> Anthony Liguori wrote:
>   
>> Coreboot offers no value over seabios because to run any OS, you have to 
>> run seabios as a payload of coreboot.
>>     
>
> In the list of Coreboot payloads, it has Linux in addition to GRUB,
> SeaBIOS etc.  Does that not mean you can run Linux as a payload
> _instead_ of SeaBIOS, and therefore boot Linux guests using Coreboot alone?
>   

Sure. It can also boot Plan 9 and others directly as a payload,
eliminating the need for SeaBIOS/GRUB2/FILO.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel

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