Re: [SeaBIOS] [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH v2 00/12] Guest startup time optimization

2016-09-12 Thread Peter Stuge
Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > * Initializing all pci devices (placing bars in address space and >programming them) can probably be skipped and left to the linux >kernel to handle. When the coreboot project started out, in 1999, that turned out not to be the case. I don't know if the situation

[SeaBIOS] [PATCH] kbd: Move extended and release events out of special key detection switch

2016-09-12 Thread Kevin O'Connor
Move checking for release and extended scancodes to the top of __process_key(). Signed-off-by: Kevin O'Connor --- src/kbd.c | 70 +++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/kbd.c

Re: [SeaBIOS] Next release

2016-09-12 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
> > So, maybe it is time to plan a 1.10 release? There are also a number of > > other improvements and cleanups in the master branch. Kevin? > > Makes sense. Freeze at end of month and release mid-October? Looks good to me. cheers, Gerd ___

Re: [SeaBIOS] [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH v2 00/12] Guest startup time optimization

2016-09-12 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
Hi, > > AFAIK latest seabios already supports DMA. > > It's easy to add more config options for seabios > > if you are so inclined. > > Yes, I tried that, the fw_cfg overhead in SeaBios/linuxboot optrom is > already not a big issue for us. However, there are still some other > code in SeaBIOS

[SeaBIOS] Next release

2016-09-12 Thread Kevin O'Connor
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 10:01:18AM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > Hi, > > > Virtio 1.0 block devices (virtio-blk/virtio-scsi) use a 64-bit BAR > > unusable by SeaBIOS if mapped over 4G space, preventing the system > > to boot. > > Not needed, works fine in master (see commit >

Re: [SeaBIOS] [PATCH 00/10] Improved keyboard key mappings

2016-09-12 Thread Kevin O'Connor
On Mon, Sep 05, 2016 at 02:36:01PM -0400, Kevin O'Connor wrote: > There were several keys not mapped in the keyboard scancode to > "keycode" mapping functions. This series adds in a number of > additional keyboard mappings. I used the Phoenix "System BIOS for IBM > PC/XT/AT Computers and

Re: [SeaBIOS] [PATCH] pci: don't map virtio 1.0 storage devices above 4G

2016-09-12 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
Hi, > Virtio 1.0 block devices (virtio-blk/virtio-scsi) use a 64-bit BAR > unusable by SeaBIOS if mapped over 4G space, preventing the system > to boot. Not needed, works fine in master (see commit 0e21548b15e25e010c362ea13d170c61a3fcc899). Is not a clean cherry-pick for 1.9-stable though, so