[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 3/7] If we built a rom, install it. Otherwise, use shipped copy.

[Alexander Graf]

On 30.07.2009, at 12:07, Avi Kivity wrote:

> On 07/30/2009 12:39 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
> > On 30.07.2009, at 11:34, Avi Kivity wrote:
> >
> > > On 07/30/2009 01:16 AM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> > > > and pc-bios goes away.  But there are greater ramifications to  
> > > > this because -L /path/to/git/pc-bios no longer works.  I think we  
> > > > probably need to think through a reorganization of <prefix>/share/ 
> > > > qemu or make -L smarter wrt the build system.
> > >
> > > We really want -firmware /path/to/bios.bin and -keymaps /path/to/ 
> > > keymaps.
> >
> > So how would you find the path to multiboot.bin and extboot.bin, as  
> > well as the PXE roms then?
>
> Similar parameters.  Perhaps -firmware  
> bios=blah,extboot=foo,multiboot=bar.

Sounds pretty messy to me. I like the simplicity of -L.

Alex