Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 07:54:21 +1000 From: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> To: =?UTF-8?Q?Corvin_K=c3=b6hne?= <corvink@FreeBSD.org> Cc: virtualization@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] OvmfPkg/BhyveBhf: install bhyve's ACPI tables Message-ID: <365212d5-75e4-1717-b69a-5e1ddf6e40ab@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <e539403193518c7dd744741410be632947414213.camel@FreeBSD.org> References: <20230331123936.540020-1-corvink@FreeBSD.org> <a2e19eb1-bb85-84f6-f805-c8065076bbf0@freebsd.org> <e539403193518c7dd744741410be632947414213.camel@FreeBSD.org>
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> Using the qemu fwcfg has one big disadvantage: > Bhyve's fwctl and qemu's fwcfg can't be used at the same time. Due to > backward compatibility reasons, bhyve uses fwctl as default. So, using > qemu's fwcfg to locate the rsdp only works, if the user changes his > bhyve call. > I don't want to use fwctl to locate the rsdp because IMHO we should > migrate to fwcfg. So, we shouldn't add new features to fwctl. Ah ok. > Btw: I'm also preparing some patches to support qemu's acpi table > loader. So, if we like to use qemu's fwcfg, we should use the loader > instead of an own baked solution. Yes: that's a much better solution. The bhyve-generated ones are very size-limited. later, Peter.
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