--- qemu/pc-bios/README 2018/04/24 16:37:52 1.1 +++ qemu/pc-bios/README 2018/04/24 16:55:28 1.1.1.5 @@ -1,17 +1,51 @@ -- The PC BIOS comes from the Bochs project - (http://bochs.sourceforge.net/). A patch from bios.diff was applied. +- The PC BIOS comes from the Bochs project (http://bochs.sourceforge.net/). + The patches in bios-pq have been applied. The binary is based on the revision + in bios-pq/HEAD with the patches in bios-pq/series applied. The git repo + that HEAD refers to is located at + git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/bochs/bochs.git + + To build these use the following instructions: + using guilt: + $ export QEMUSRC=/path/to/qemu/svn + $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/bochs/bochs.git + $ cd bochs + $ git checkout -b qemu-bios $(cat $QEMUSRC/pc-bios/bios-pq/HEAD) + + $ mkdir -p .git/patches + $ ln -s $QEMUSRC/pc-bios/bios-pq .git/patches/qemu-bios + $ touch .git/patches/qemu-bios/status + $ guilt push -a + $ ./configure + $ cd bios + $ make + $ cp BIOS-bochs-latest $QEMUSRC/pc-bios/bios.bin + + or alternatively (after the git checkout): + $ for p in $(cat $QEMUSRC/pc-bios/bios-pq/series); do git am $p; done + $ ./configure + $ make bios - The VGA BIOS and the Cirrus VGA BIOS come from the LGPL VGA bios - project (http://www.nongnu.org/vgabios/). + project (http://www.nongnu.org/vgabios/). The binary is based on the revision + in vgabios-pq/HEAD with the patches in vgabios-pq/series applied. The git + repo that HEAD refers to is located at + git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/vgabios/vgabios.git - The PowerPC Open Hack'Ware Open Firmware Compatible BIOS is available at http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/OpenHackWare/index.htm. -- Proll is a GPL'd boot PROM for Sparc JavaStations - (http://people.redhat.com/zaitcev/linux/). - Applying proll.patch allows circumventing some bugs and enables - faster kernel load through a hack. - - video.x is a PowerMac NDRV compatible driver for a VGA frame buffer. It comes from the Mac-on-Linux project (http://www.maconlinux.org/). + +- OpenBIOS (http://www.openbios.org/) is a free (GPL v2) portable + firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100% IEEE + 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware. + The included images for Sparc32, Sparc64 and PowerPC (for 32 and 64 bit + PPC CPUs) are built from OpenBIOS 1.0 release (SVN revision 463). + +- The PXE roms come from Rom-o-Matic etherboot 5.4.2. + pcnet32:pcnet32 -- [0x1022,0x2000] + ns8390:winbond940 -- [0x1050,0x0940] + rtl8139:rtl8139 -- [0x10ec,0x8139] + http://rom-o-matic.net/