Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/2] extboot reloaded.

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On 11/16/09 20:24, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> If we were going to introduce a light weight block protocol like this,
> I'd rather it be implemented in SeaBIOS as a block driver.

Ok.  That would mean to replace the option rom with a seabios patch. 
The qemu code will be unmodified though (except for the rom loading).

> Then we reuse
> all of the int13 code, it gets registered as a BCV device allowing
> selection in the boot menu,

Fine.

> and requires no special options on the
> command line.
>
> It would require a mechanism to do enumeration and identification though.

Huh?  Do you want export *all* block devices via extboot?  Will IDE 
drives show up twice then?

I would export only one and export it only on explicit user request, so 
it can be used for cases where seabios has no native support ...

cheers,
  Gerd