Re: [Qemu-devel] XP install cores with SCSI LSI 53C895A disks

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

>>> #2 isn't an issue actually, at least for Debian users --
>>
>> Well, it is, to some degree.  Because vanilla upstream doesn't support
>> booting from lsi it has alot less users and alot less regression testing
>> (like autotest runs of lsi-scsi installs), which sums up to more bugs
>> staying unnoticed like the one which triggered this thread.
> 
> What's the holdup to integrate it into QEMU?

Extboot is considered obsolete and thus several attempts to merge it
into upstream qemu failed.  It started its life as hack to allow
qemu-kvm boot from virtio-blk devices, which happened to work for lsi
too.  virtio-blk is supported by seabios natively these days.

Adding lsi support to seabios shouldn't be that hard.  Paolo paved the
way by restructing the existing scsi disk/cdrom bits in seabios so they
work for both usb-storage and virtio-scsi.  Adding support for yet
another scsi hba should be easy, all the support bits for handling disks
and booting from cdrom are there already.

It just needs someone to sit down for a week or two and hack it up.

cheers,
  Gerd