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Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] docs: remove qemu-traditional support from documentation
- To: Anthony PERARD <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
- From: Alejandro Vallejo <agarciav@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:12:12 +0100
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On Thu Apr 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM BST, Anthony PERARD wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 08, 2025 at 02:35:20PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
>> @@ -1903,10 +1894,7 @@ it may be useful to request a different one, like
>> UEFI.
>>
>> =item B<rombios>
>>
>> -Loads ROMBIOS, a 16-bit x86 compatible BIOS. This is used by default
>> -when B<device_model_version=qemu-xen-traditional>. This is the only BIOS
>> -option supported when B<device_model_version=qemu-xen-traditional>. This is
>> -the BIOS used by all previous Xen versions.
>> +Loads ROMBIOS, a 16-bit x86 compatible BIOS.
>
> This option is not valid anymore, libxl will complain with:
> "qemu-xen does not support bios=rombios."
Sounds like a good time to remove bios=rombios altogether and strictly
support bios=seabios only (plus the override).
>
> And I have no idea if it can work on not, I just know that XenServer
> still use RomBIOS with a patched QEMU.
Not XCP-ng? Regardless, none of them do so via xl or libxl.
Cheers,
Alejandro
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