Re: [SeaBIOS] Re: [PATCH v7 7/8] bootdevice: FW_CFG interface for LCHS values

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

On 10/16/19 2:14 PM, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> Hi Sam,
>
> On 10/16/19 13:02, Sam Eiderman wrote:
> > Gentle Ping,
> >
> > Philippe, John?
> >
> > Just wondering if the series is okay, as Gerd pointed out this series
> > is a blocker for the corresponding changes in SeaBIOS for v 1.13
>
> The QEMU series is still not merged, due to a bug in the last patch
> (namely, the test case, "hd-geo-test: Add tests for lchs override").
>
> To my knowledge, SeaBIOS prefers to merge patches with the underlying
> QEMU patches merged first, so you'll likely have to fix that QEMU issue
> first.
>
> I explained the bug in the QEMU test case here:
>
>    http://mid.mail-archive.com/address@hidden
>    http://mid.mail-archive.com/address@hidden

Yes, I was expecting a respin with find_fw_cfg_file() fixed per Laszlo 
detailed review.

> (Alternative links to the same:
>
>    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-10/msg01790.html
>    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-10/msg01793.html
> )
>
> I've never received feedback to those messages, and I think you must
> have missed them.
>
> FWIW, when I hit "Reply All" in that thread, you were on the "To:" list
> with:
>
>    Sam Eiderman <address@hidden>
>
> but here you are present with
>
>    Sam Eiderman <address@hidden>
>
> In addition, when I posted those messages, I got the following
> auto-response ("Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender"):
>
> > This is the mail system at host mx1.redhat.com.
> >
> > I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not
> > be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below.
> >
> > For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster.
> >
> > If you do so, please include this problem report. You can
> > delete your own text from the attached returned message.
> >
> >                     The mail system
> >
> > <address@hidden>: host
> > aserp2030.oracle.com[141.146.126.74] said:
> >      550 5.1.1 Unknown recipient address. (in reply to RCPT TO command)

That explains it :)

> I didn't know your new address, so I could only hope you'd find my
> feedback on qemu-devel.
>
> Thanks
> Laszlo