[SeaBIOS] [SeaBIOS PATCH] boot: fix fw_dev_path pattern for q35-pcihost
Gleb Natapov
gleb at redhat.com
Sun Jun 2 17:39:33 CEST 2013
On Sun, Jun 02, 2013 at 05:59:04PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 02, 2013 at 05:29:45PM +0300, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:33:54AM +0800, Amos Kong wrote:
> > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 06:59:02PM -0400, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> > > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 08:28:14PM +0800, Amos Kong wrote:
> > > > > Bootindex string passed from qemu:
> > > > > /q35-pcihost at i0cf8/ethernet at 2/ethernet-phy at 0
> > > > >
> > > > > We match pci domain by "/pci at i0cf8" in SeaBIOS, but fw_dev_path prefix
> > > > > of q35 is "/q35-pcihost at i0cf8". So bootindex in qemu commandline
> > > > > doesn't work if it uses q35 machine type.
> > > > >
> > > > > This patch fixes the pattern to match both original pc-i440fx & q35
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Amos Kong <akong at redhat.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > src/boot.c | 2 +-
> > > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/src/boot.c b/src/boot.c
> > > > > index cd9d784..f30d47e 100644
> > > > > --- a/src/boot.c
> > > > > +++ b/src/boot.c
> > > > > @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ find_prio(const char *glob)
> > > > > return -1;
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > -#define FW_PCI_DOMAIN "/pci at i0cf8"
> > > > > +#define FW_PCI_DOMAIN "/*pci*@i0cf8"
> > > >
> > > > The seabios pattern matching code isn't that sophisticated - I think
> > > > this could end up doing something unexpected. Why does it need to
> > > > change?
> > >
> > > If we start a guest with default machine type (pc-i440fx), the prefix
> > > of bootindex string is "/pci at i0cf8", if we start guest with -M q35,
> > > the prefix will become "/q35-pcihost at i0cf8".
> > >
> > > We only match "/pci at i0cf8" in seabios, it causes boot priority of q35
> > > devices could not be changed.
> > >
> > > We could not change TYPE_Q35_HOST_DEVICE to 'pci' in qemu to adapt
> > > seabios, so fix the pattern.
> > >
> > Why couldn't we? QEMU not been able to generate proper device string is
> > QEMU bug.
> >
> > --
> > Gleb.
>
>
> I applied a patch that does just that.
I noticed :) I have many emails to read :(
--
Gleb.
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