Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Do not try loading option ROM for hotplug PCI device in pc-0.11 compat mode

[Markus Armbruster]

address@hidden writes:

> From: Jes Sorensen <address@hidden>
>
> pc-0.11 and older uses fw_cfg to provide option ROMs. As fw_cfg is setup
> at init time, it is not possible to load an option ROM for a hotplug
> device when running in compat mode.

Example:

    $ qemu -M pc-0.11 -S -monitor stdio
    QEMU 0.12.50 monitor - type 'help' for more information
    (qemu) device_add e1000
    qemu: hardware error: ROM images must be loaded at startup
[...]
    Aborted (core dumped)

The fix silently omits the option ROM when we can't load it.  Works for
me.