But QEMU may use other firmware/payload than SeaBIOS which might require less than 1 MB of RAM.
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Markus Armbruster <[email protected]> wrote: > "Kevin O'Connor" <[email protected]> writes: > >> On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 01:50:13PM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote: >>> Watch this: >>> >>> $ qemu-system-x86_64 -nodefaults -vnc :0 -monitor stdio -m 16k >>> QEMU 1.1.50 monitor - type 'help' for more information >>> (qemu) qemu: fatal: Trying to execute code outside RAM or ROM at >>> 0x0000000000004000 >>> >>> Admittedly a silly thing to try. I don't really expect SeaBIOS to work >>> with 16KiB of RAM. But I'm curious: how much does it require? >> >> SeaBIOS requires a minimum of 1Meg of ram. I didn't even know one >> could request less than 1meg of ram from QEMU. > > I'll cook up a QEMU patch to give it at least that much. > > Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > SeaBIOS mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seabios.org/mailman/listinfo/seabios _______________________________________________ SeaBIOS mailing list [email protected] http://www.seabios.org/mailman/listinfo/seabios
