Re: /usr/shared/qemu binaries

[Peter Maydell]

On Wed, 12 Jan 2022 at 13:53, Liviu Ionescu <ilg@livius.net> wrote:
> >> -rw-r--r--   1 ilg  staff  67108864 Jan  7 14:52 edk2-aarch64-code.fd
> >> -rw-r--r--   1 ilg  staff  67108864 Jan  7 14:52 edk2-arm-code.fd
> >> -rw-r--r--   1 ilg  staff  67108864 Jan  7 14:52 edk2-arm-vars.fd
>
> These are the top 3 largest files. They are referred as 
> "@DATADIR@/edk2-aarch64-code.fd" from the JSONs in the firmware folder.
>
> Any idea when are these files used?

Those are UEFI firmware images which are suitable for using with
the arm/aarch64 "virt" board. They're only used if the user specifically
asks to use them on the command line (eg with
"-drive if=pflash,format=raw,file=pc-bios/edk2-aarch64-code.fd" or
similar).

-- PMM