Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] add fw_dir option to option-rom switch

[Anthony Liguori]

On 04/12/2011 01:47 PM, Glauber Costa wrote:
> For sure, but if we had this discussion a while ago,
> sgabios wouldn't exist back then, and now it does =p

Actually, it's been around for ages :-)

> > >    And the fact that not all of them should
> > > live in genroms persists.
> > Actually genroms should disappear.  We should make -option-rom work by
> > using a dummy PCI device or something like that.
> In a side track, I think sgabios is a pretty useful addition to qemu.
> Would you consider including it together with the other roms ?

Definitely.

> This would definitely increase the out-of-the box experience.
>
> I think we don't even need to have a -vga sga switch then. Since sgabios
> does not prevent output from going to the normal vga, we could always
> install it, or install when there is a -serial parameter present.

Is that true?  It needs to load during video bios init, no?  So doesn't 
that preclude having a normal video bios installed?

Regards,

Anthony Liguori