Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] x86 Multiboot support (extended)

[Anthony Liguori]

Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 06:31:09PM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote:
>   
> Is it really necessary to have *that much* assembly code within hw/pc.c?
>
> I would rather see multiboot support as a small image generated from
> C and/or assembly code, loaded either with -hda or with a new option
> having the same effect. This code could read the NVRAM to get the
> variables it needs.
>   

Better yet to package it as an option ROM and eliminate all the boot 
sector hacks.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori