On Thu Apr 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM BST, Anthony PERARD wrote: > On Tue, Apr 08, 2025 at 02:35:20PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote: >> @@ -1903,10 +1894,7 @@ it may be useful to request a different one, like >> UEFI. >> >> =item B<rombios> >> >> -Loads ROMBIOS, a 16-bit x86 compatible BIOS. This is used by default >> -when B<device_model_version=qemu-xen-traditional>. This is the only BIOS >> -option supported when B<device_model_version=qemu-xen-traditional>. This is >> -the BIOS used by all previous Xen versions. >> +Loads ROMBIOS, a 16-bit x86 compatible BIOS. > > This option is not valid anymore, libxl will complain with: > "qemu-xen does not support bios=rombios."
Sounds like a good time to remove bios=rombios altogether and strictly support bios=seabios only (plus the override). > > And I have no idea if it can work on not, I just know that XenServer > still use RomBIOS with a patched QEMU. Not XCP-ng? Regardless, none of them do so via xl or libxl. Cheers, Alejandro
