On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 09:38:07AM +0200, Cédric Le Goater wrote: > Hello, > > >> - removed the requirement on having a kernel loaded as running with > >> just a firmware is fine. We will need to discuss the inclusion of > >> the file skiboot.lid under qemu. > > > > Yes, this isn't terribly useful without it. The normal procedure for > > new roms is this: > > > > 1. Get the upstream git tree for the ROM mirrored to qemu.org > > 2. Add a git submodule under roms/ referencing the git mirror on > > qemu.org > > 3. Add a pre-built ROM binary to pc-bios/ > > 4. Add a brief description of the ROM, including upstream git URL > > to pc-bios/README > > > > Steps 2, 3 & 4 can (and usually should) be a single commit. > > > > This code is looking close enough, that having a usable rom image is > > probably the last thing stopping merge, at least of these initial > > patches. > > I added one to my repo to let travis run : > > > https://github.com/legoater/qemu/commit/d5729f70f2abb0fca2e4167dacb0cf27e0dbaee5 > > > Probably best to get underway with the rom inclusion ASAP. > > I think Jeff is the person to talk to. > > Could we start mirroring skiboot, the firmware for PowerPC PowerNV platform, > on git.qemu-project.org/. This is the official repo : > > https://github.com/open-power/skiboot/ >
Thanks Cédric, I added the skiboot mirror. It is available at: git://git.qemu.org/skiboot.git http://git.qemu.org/git/skiboot.git If you need anything else, just let me know. Thanks, Jeff