Re: [Xen-devel] Replacing (vga)bios.bin source code with compiled binaries?

["Niklas K." <nickie12@xxxxxxx>]

Am Sonntag, den 11.05.2008, 20:30 +0200 schrieb Niklas K.:
> Am Sonntag, den 11.05.2008, 18:12 +0100 schrieb Jean Guyader:
> > On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Niklas K. <nickie12@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >  this may be a more general issue with editing source code and makefiles,
> > >  but as I'm not really a developer, I can't do it on my own and I thought
> > >  I'd ask you on this mailing list rather than on some general development
> > >  mailing list/forum:
> > >
> > >  I need to get modified hvmloader and vmxloader binaries that load a
> > >  modified BIOS binary. I think the easiest way to do this is to remove
> > >  some parts of the makefiles included in the Xen source code and add the
> > >  compiled binary to the source (what probably doesn't work: I don't know
> > >  if the bios.bin is directly compiled into the hvmloader/vmxloader
> > >  binaries or the compiled bios.bin is inserted into them).
> > >  Can you help me in doing this?
> > >
> > 
> > Hello Niklas,
> > 
> > The content of the binaries your are talking about is put into an
> > header file (roms.h)
> > and hvmloader use this file during the compilation process. You should
> > look at the the
> > Makefile in tools/firmware/hvmloader to see how roms.h is created.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> 
> Hello again and thanks for the previous help,
> 
> I replaced my hvmloader with the one I compiled now. However, after
> starting my virtual machine, I only get a white screen.
> Note that the BIOS I used was written for QEMU, not Xen. Are there any
> differences between the Xen bochsbios and the QEMU one?
> Or may the problem be another BIOS? I do have the X11 library installed,
> so I don't think that's the issue.
> I only exchanged the rombios/bochsbios/bios or however you may call it,
> not the vgabios.
> Should I try compiling the hvmloader with the included bios and see if
> it's a problem with the modified bios?
> 
> Greetings,
> Niklas
> 
> 
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Nevermind, tried it, it's a problem with the modified bios.


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