Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/2] extboot reloaded.

[Anthony Liguori]

Jamie Lokier wrote:
> Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>   
> > On 11/16/09 20:24, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> >     
> > > If we were going to introduce a light weight block protocol like this,
> > > I'd rather it be implemented in SeaBIOS as a block driver.
> > >       
> > Ok.  That would mean to replace the option rom with a seabios patch. 
> > The qemu code will be unmodified though (except for the rom loading).
> >     
>
> Can't extboot be used with other BIOSes, though, being an option ROM?
>   

Except the "bus" that extboot requires doesn't exist anywhere but in qemu.

> -- Jamie
>   

Regards,

Anthony Liguori