Jordan Justen <jljus...@gmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> wrote:
>> The variable is not written anymore.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com>
>> ---
>>  hw/block/pc_sysfw.c | 26 +-------------------------
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 25 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/hw/block/pc_sysfw.c b/hw/block/pc_sysfw.c
>> index 412d1b0..c6d4be4 100644
>> --- a/hw/block/pc_sysfw.c
>> +++ b/hw/block/pc_sysfw.c
>> @@ -199,12 +199,6 @@ static void old_pc_system_rom_init(MemoryRegion 
>> *rom_memory, bool isapc_ram_fw)
>>                                  bios);
>>  }
>>
>> -/*
>> - * Bug-compatible flash vs. ROM selection enabled?
>> - * A few older machines enable this.
>> - */
>> -bool pc_sysfw_flash_vs_rom_bug_compatible;
>
> Hmm. I think we still need this to retain the 1.2-1.5 compatible
> behavior. But, I think I maybe my kvm readonly series didn't properly
> resurrect the pc_sysfw_flash_vs_rom_bug_compatible switch.

It didn't (and its commit message failed to mention it tries).

Anyway, Paolo successfully argued for breaking backward compatibility:
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2013-05/msg02074.html

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