Re: [Qemu-devel] RFC: emulation of system flash

2011-03-10 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
Hi Jordan, thanks for your insights. Auf 10.03.2011 23:29, Jordan Justen schrieb: > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 14:10, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger > wrote: > >> Auf 10.03.2011 22:55, Jordan Justen schrieb: >> >>> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 13:37, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger >>> wrote: >>> Is

Re: [Qemu-devel] RFC: emulation of system flash

2011-03-10 Thread Jordan Justen
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 14:10, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > Auf 10.03.2011 22:55, Jordan Justen schrieb: >> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 13:37, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger >> wrote: >>> Is there any reason why you chose to invent an interface for the flash >>> chip which is more complicated than the int

Re: [Qemu-devel] RFC: emulation of system flash

2011-03-10 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
Auf 10.03.2011 22:55, Jordan Justen schrieb: > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 13:37, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger > wrote: > >> Auf 10.03.2011 05:51, Jordan Justen schrieb: >> >>> I have documented a simple flash-like device which I think could be >>> useful for qemu/kvm in some cases. (Particularly f

Re: [Qemu-devel] RFC: emulation of system flash

2011-03-10 Thread Jordan Justen
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 13:37, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > Auf 10.03.2011 05:51, Jordan Justen schrieb: >> I have documented a simple flash-like device which I think could be >> useful for qemu/kvm in some cases.  (Particularly for allowing >> persistent UEFI non-volatile variables.) >> >> htt

Re: [Qemu-devel] RFC: emulation of system flash

2011-03-10 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
Hi, as the lead developer of the open source flashrom utility I have to say that it would be nice to have Qemu emulate a flash chip. Right now flashrom is using its own flash chip emulator for testing, and being able to use flashrom in Qemu would be a nice addition. Auf

[Qemu-devel] RFC: emulation of system flash

2011-03-09 Thread Jordan Justen
Hi all, I have documented a simple flash-like device which I think could be useful for qemu/kvm in some cases. (Particularly for allowing persistent UEFI non-volatile variables.) http://wiki.qemu.org/Features/System_Flash Let me know if you have any suggestions or concerns. Thanks for your tim