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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/7] ipxe: update binaries
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Laszlo Ersek |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/7] ipxe: update binaries |
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Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:58:29 +0200 |
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On 07/15/15 14:01, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> On Mi, 2015-07-15 at 13:10 +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
>> On 07/15/15 12:10, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden>
>>> ---
>>> pc-bios/efi-e1000.rom | Bin 197120 -> 192512 bytes
>>> pc-bios/efi-eepro100.rom | Bin 197632 -> 192512 bytes
>>> pc-bios/efi-ne2k_pci.rom | Bin 195584 -> 190976 bytes
>>> pc-bios/efi-pcnet.rom | Bin 195584 -> 190976 bytes
>>> pc-bios/efi-rtl8139.rom | Bin 200192 -> 194560 bytes
>>> pc-bios/efi-virtio.rom | Bin 194048 -> 188928 bytes
>>> 6 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>
>> Shouldn't you also rebuild (well, commit) the non-EFI (ie. pxe-*)
>> binaries too? The rebase in patch #1, the QEMU branding in patch #5, and
>> the now-visible git version from patch #6, all seem to affect the pxe-*
>> binaries as well.
>
> We didn't do that in the past, because of size problems and because the
> pxe-* versions are only used by old machine types.
>
> Lets have a look:
>
> pc-bios/pxe-e1000.rom | Bin 67072 -> 62976 bytes
> pc-bios/pxe-eepro100.rom | Bin 61440 -> 62976 bytes
> pc-bios/pxe-ne2k_pci.rom | Bin 61440 -> 62464 bytes
> pc-bios/pxe-pcnet.rom | Bin 61440 -> 62464 bytes
> pc-bios/pxe-rtl8139.rom | Bin 61440 -> 63488 bytes
> pc-bios/pxe-virtio.rom | Bin 60416 -> 61952 bytes
>
> So, the update doesn't work for e1000, where the size goes from > 64k to
> < 64k, which in turn changes the pci rom bar size from 128k to 64k ...
Fair enough, thanks for the background info.
Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <address@hidden>
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 6/7] ipxe: don't override GITVERSION, (continued)
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/7] ipxe: update from 35c53797 to 24112d9 (upstream/master), Gerd Hoffmann, 2015/07/15
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 5/7] ipxe: add qemu branding, Gerd Hoffmann, 2015/07/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/7] ipxe update, continued ..., Laszlo Ersek, 2015/07/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/7] ipxe update, continued ..., Laszlo Ersek, 2015/07/15
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/7] ipxe: update binaries, Gerd Hoffmann, 2015/07/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/7] ipxe update, continued ..., Gerd Hoffmann, 2015/07/16