Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Check rom_load_all() return value.

[Anthony Liguori]

Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> ... otherwise we'll continue without the bios loaded in case the
> option roms don't fit.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden>
> ---
>  vl.c |    5 ++++-
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
> index c0d98f5..1682808 100644
> --- a/vl.c
> +++ b/vl.c
> @@ -6031,7 +6031,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
>  
>      qdev_machine_creation_done();
>  
> -    rom_load_all();
> +    if (rom_load_all() != 0) {
> +        fprintf(stderr, "rom loading failed\n");
> +        exit(1);
> +    }
>   

Failing to load option roms shouldn't be treated as a critical failure.  
The BIOS has dedicated space so no amount of option roms should prevent 
the BIOS from loading.

So I think we may need to tweak rom_load_all() a bit to be more 
intelligent about handling this.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori