Re: [PATCH 0/7] pc-bios/s390-ccw: Merge the netboot loader into s390-ccw.img

[Thomas Huth]

On 26/08/2024 19.07, Jared Rossi wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> I just wanted to get your thoughts on the status of the netboot loader merge.
> I see that the first patch from this series was merged, but not the others. Is
> there any issue with the rest of the changes?

 Hi Jared,

there's no issue with that patch series - it's just that QEMU is in freeze 
now and only accepts bug fixes. See https://wiki.qemu.org/Planning/9.1

> I would like to put together a comprehensive rework for all device types that
> replaces the IPL panics with returns, but as we discussed this is best applied
> after the netboot loader has been unified with the main s390-ccw.img file.
>
> I can base my patches on either current master (with a special case for 
> netboot)
> or the combined bootloader, depending on how you would like to proceed. Let me
> know if there is anything I can do to help with test/review of the changes from
> your side.

I think it's maybe best if you'd include my patches at the top of your patch 
series, so you could also rework them in case you need something to be 
changed there. That way, we also do not have to rebuild the binaries in the 
git repo multiple times and just have to update them one time once your 
series is ready to go.

Alternatively, if you don't want to juggle with my patches, I can also try 
to get them merged as soon as QEMU 9.1 has been released. Just let me know 
if you prefer that.

 Thomas