Bug#714252: qemu-system-x86: BIOS alternatives to seabios?

2013-06-27 Thread Michael Tokarev
28.06.2013 02:14, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > Uhm and that grub-firmware-qemu doesn't work as well? I haven't said "it doesn't work". I said that some features require particular bios implementation and/or version. This does not mean that the whole thing is broken. Now, back to the topic:

Bug#714252: qemu-system-x86: BIOS alternatives to seabios?

2013-06-27 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
Uhm and that grub-firmware-qemu doesn't work as well? What is it used for then? Chris. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

Bug#714252: qemu-system-x86: BIOS alternatives to seabios?

2013-06-27 Thread Michael Tokarev
Control: tag -1 + wontfix 27.06.2013 13:47, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > Package: qemu-system-x86 > Version: 1.5.0+dfsg-4 > Severity: wishlist > > > Hi. > > Perhaps I'm wrong, but wasn't bochsbios used in earlier days instead of > seabios? > Even if seabios is better... wouldn't it be nice

Bug#714252: qemu-system-x86: BIOS alternatives to seabios?

2013-06-27 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
AFAICS, another BIOS alternative is provided by grub-firmware-qemu. I've also reported https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=978900 which is somehow related a bit. Cheers, Chris. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

Bug#714252: qemu-system-x86: BIOS alternatives to seabios?

2013-06-27 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
Package: qemu-system-x86 Version: 1.5.0+dfsg-4 Severity: wishlist Hi. Perhaps I'm wrong, but wasn't bochsbios used in earlier days instead of seabios? Even if seabios is better... wouldn't it be nice to suggest the possible alternative BIOSes as package altnertives (with seabios being the defaul