Am 01.10.2013 15:41, schrieb Gerd Hoffmann: > On Di, 2013-10-01 at 14:20 +0200, Andreas Färber wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Am 01.10.2013 14:16, schrieb Gerd Hoffmann: >>>> -bios we're stuck with because it's a legacy >>>> option, >>> >>> What is legacy about it? >>> >>> Well, the x86-centric name of course. Thats why the machine option is >>> named 'firmware' instead. >>> >>> It also doesn't use QemuOpts, which is fixed by this patch. >>> >>> Anything else? >> >> The basic assumption that there is only one piece of firmware. Just like >> -bios, -machine firmware= will allow only one entry. sPAPR has two. > > --verbose please. What they are needed for?
SLOF and RTAS. SLOF is the firmware, and RTAS is requested by the OS through OpenFirmware client interface. It is not device-specific, it is more or less part of the firmware but copied to RAM. I'll let Alex or Alexey comment in more details. Cheers, Andreas -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer; HRB 16746 AG Nürnberg
