Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/4] Expose fw_cfg

[Anthony Liguori]

Alexander Graf wrote:
> On 17.06.2009, at 17:30, Blue Swirl wrote:
>
> > On 6/17/09, Alexander Graf <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > Multiboot passes options to the option rom using the fw_cfg device.
> > > Right now, that device is local to the bochs_bios_init function.
> > >
> > > Let's change that and expose it to env, so everyone may put data
> > > in there.
> >
> > Env is a wrong place for device data.
>
> So what is the right place? Last time I checked there wasn't anything 
> like a global pc machine state struct, but I could be wrong.

Return fw_cfg from bochs_bios_init, then pass it to the kernel loading 
functions.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> Alex