On Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:27:54 +0200 Gerd Hoffmann <kra...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Di, 2015-07-21 at 18:06 +0200, Marc Marí wrote: > > It's probably not good to override all the ROM options. Better ways > > can be discussed. > > source code for the option rom doing linux kernel (and multiboot > kernel) boot is in pc-bios/optionrom/ (qemu tree). Patching that one > to use fw_cfg dma if available should get simliar speedups, but > without compatiblity issues. > The problem with patching the current ROMs, is that they are written in assembly. So they would need a complete rewrite in C. Writing a DMA guest in assembly I think it is a nightmare (but it can be done, of course). But it is true that I overlooked that point. I might get into this change in the future. Thanks Marc _______________________________________________ SeaBIOS mailing list SeaBIOS@seabios.org http://www.seabios.org/mailman/listinfo/seabios
