On Fri, 2024-12-20 at 11:18 +0300, Michael Tokarev wrote: > 20.12.2024 11:12, Michael Tokarev wrote: > > > Actually, it would be great if ipxe-qemu dropped the roms into > > /usr/share/qemu/ > > directory instead of using /usr/lib/ipxe/qemu indirection. > > > > It'd simplify things in qemu quite a lot. Can we arrange this please? > > (It needs to be a coordinated upload, ipxe-qemu would Replaces: > > qemu-system-data > > before certain version, and since that version, qemu-system would require a > > more > > recent ipxe-qemu). > No, nothing like such complexity is required. Just drop the roms into > /usr/share/qemu instead of /usr/lib/ipxe and be done with that. Qemu > will work as before. It's just at some point I'll drop the ipxe lib > dir from qemu config, requiring ipxe-qemu >>thisver, that's all.
ipxe-qemu 1.21.1+git20220113.fbbdc3926+dfsg-1, currently in the deferred queue, has the roms moved to /usr/share/qemu. According to my tests and as you stated, qemu picks up the roms from the new location easily. Greetings, Sven -- GPG Fingerprint 3DF5 E8AA 43FC 9FDF D086 F195 ADF5 0EDA F8AD D585
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