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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 04/14] firmware/makefile: install BIOS blob ...



On 03/17/2016 12:33 PM, Anthony PERARD wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 12:37:36PM -0500, Doug Goldstein wrote:
>> On 3/14/16 12:55 PM, Anthony PERARD wrote:
>>> ... into the firmware directory, along with hvmloader.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> Change in V4:
>>> - remove install of acpi dsdt table
>>>
>>> Change in V3:
>>> - do not check if ROMs file exist before installing, they should exist
>>> - change rules for dsdt_anycpu_qemu_xen.c in oder to generate both .c and
>>>   .aml files without changing temporarly the other dsdt_*.c rules.
>>> ---
>>>  tools/firmware/Makefile | 13 +++++++++++++
>>>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/tools/firmware/Makefile b/tools/firmware/Makefile
>>> index 6cc86ce..6a37758 100644
>>> --- a/tools/firmware/Makefile
>>> +++ b/tools/firmware/Makefile
>>> @@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ SUBDIRS-y += hvmloader
>>>  
>>>  LD32BIT-$(CONFIG_FreeBSD) := LD32BIT_FLAG=-melf_i386_fbsd
>>>  
>>> +SEABIOS_ROM := seabios-dir/out/bios.bin
>>> +OVMF_ROM := ovmf-dir/ovmf.bin
>>> +
>>>  ovmf-dir:
>>>     GIT=$(GIT) $(XEN_ROOT)/scripts/git-checkout.sh $(OVMF_UPSTREAM_URL) 
>>> $(OVMF_UPSTREAM_REVISION) ovmf-dir
>>>     cp ovmf-makefile ovmf-dir/Makefile;
>>> @@ -45,6 +48,16 @@ endif
>>>  install: all
>>>     [ -d $(INST_DIR) ] || $(INSTALL_DIR) $(INST_DIR)
>>>     [ ! -e $(TARGET) ] || $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TARGET) $(INST_DIR)
>>> +ifeq ($(CONFIG_SEABIOS),y)
>>> +ifeq ($(SEABIOS_PATH),)
>>> +   $(INSTALL_DATA) $(SEABIOS_ROM) $(INST_DIR)/seabios.bin
>> Why install this as "seabios.bin" when the default is "bios.bin". Most
>> distro's packages for SeaBIOS install it as "bios.bin"
> No reason. I guess it's fine to keep the same name ("bios.bin"). My distro
> install it as "bios-256k.bin", with "bios.bin" been the small version I
> guess.

Same with SUSE's SeaBIOS package, which contains bios.bin (sz 131072) and
bios-256k.bin (sz 262144).

Regards,
Jim


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