Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add -option-rom option to allow loading of PCI option ROMs

2006-12-27 Thread Fabrice Bellard
Hi, OK for the -option-rom option. Later it would be better to handle it at the NIC level, but it is more complicated (some BIOS patches would be needed to remap the PCI ROM at the right address for example). I think the -boot n option should be merged in QEMU too. Some people need it to

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add -option-rom option to allow loading of PCI option ROMs

2006-12-27 Thread Anthony Liguori
Fabrice Bellard wrote: Hi, OK for the -option-rom option. Later it would be better to handle it at the NIC level, but it is more complicated (some BIOS patches would be needed to remap the PCI ROM at the right address for example). Ok. I think the -boot n option should be merged in QEMU

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add -option-rom option to allow loading of PCI option ROMs

2006-12-26 Thread Anthony Liguori
Howdy, The following patch adds an -option-rom option to allow loading of PCI option ROMs. This is useful for loading things like etherboot or VMI. For instance, using an etherboot ROM[1] from http://rom-o-matic.net/, one can use the following command line to PXE boot QEMU: qemu -hda