Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/2] kvm tools, seabios: Add "--bios" option to "vm run"

2012-02-27 Thread ron minnich
I'm less interested in this argument than getting something that works, however it happens, so I'll let it stop with the comment that i don't agree with you :-) thanks ron -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More

Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/2] kvm tools, seabios: Add "--bios" option to "vm run"

2012-02-27 Thread ron minnich
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Gleb Natapov wrote: > Then make kvm-tool set it. Why do you need coreboot/seabios for that? First thing we looked at. For a number of reasons it seems ugly. Either we can pick a bunch of fixed base addresses for the kvm-tool resources, and track them all as new d

Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/2] kvm tools, seabios: Add "--bios" option to "vm run"

2012-02-27 Thread ron minnich
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 3:15 AM, Gleb Natapov wrote: > AFAIK kvm-tool initialize PCI by itself so it actually may work (and, > very likely, the best thing to do). we're going in circles. kvm-tool does not set the base address of some of the BARs and seabios does not do it quite correctly. That's

Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/2] kvm tools, seabios: Add "--bios" option to "vm run"

2012-02-24 Thread ron minnich
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Pekka Enberg wrote: > I personally want a simple command line option that does everything for > me automatically. it's a great goal, and I like the swtich a lot. But if you want that -firmware option why not have it turn into an automated setting of the options

Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/2] kvm tools, seabios: Add "--bios" option to "vm run"

2012-02-24 Thread ron minnich
I think you need to look at the change floren and I worked up, assuming I can get him to release it to you. Our change is a bit less complex and adds fewer lines of code. You've added an extra option to load a bios, and it will be somewhat limited as those ever-demanding users continue to demand m