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dafb82e0 05/29/2013 04:15 pm Jordan Justen

pc_sysfw: allow flash (-pflash) memory to be used with KVM

When pc-sysfw.rom_only == 0, flash memory will be
usable with kvm. In order to enable flash memory mode,
a pflash device must be created. (For example, by
using the -pflash command line parameter.)...
dade922f 05/29/2013 04:15 pm Jordan Justen

isapc: Fix non-KVM qemu boot (read/write memory for isapc BIOS)

The isapc machine with seabios currently requires the BIOS region
to be read/write memory rather than read-only memory.

KVM currently cannot support the BIOS as a ROM region, but qemu
in non-KVM mode can. Based on this, isapc machine currently only...
9e1c2ec8 05/13/2013 05:52 pm Paolo Bonzini

Revert "pc: Kill the "use flash device for BIOS unless KVM" misfeature"

This reverts commit 9953f8822cc316eec9962f0a2858c3439a80adec.
While Markus's analysis is entirely correct, there are 1.6 patches
that fix the bug for real and without requiring machine type hacks....
9953f882 04/24/2013 09:23 pm Markus Armbruster

pc: Kill the "use flash device for BIOS unless KVM" misfeature

Use of a flash memory device for the BIOS was added in series "[PATCH
v10 0/8] PC system flash support", commit 4732dca..1b89faf, v1.1.

Flash vs. ROM is a guest-visible difference. Thus, flash use had to...
7b247895 04/08/2013 07:13 pm Paolo Bonzini

hw: move block devices to hw/block/, configure via default-configs/

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <>