[edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/2] OvmfPkg/build.sh: use newer '-drive if=pflash' syntax when running qemu

[rebecca at bsdio.com]

On 2019-07-24 15:57, Jordan Justen wrote:
>
> I think we've tried to keep the range of versions that it works with
> as wide as possible, but I think we could (and perhaps should) discuss
> raising the minimum supported version of qemu. qemu 2.0 is over 5
> years old now. qemu 0.10.0 is over 10 years old.
>
> One thing that was originally problematic (for raising the qemu
> requirement) was finding windows builds of newer qemu releases. The
> main website seems to link to windows builds of the latest releases
> now: https://www.qemu.org/download/#windows


I just tried navigating the OVMF setup menu under QEMU 1.6.2 and when I
tried to enter the "IPv4 Network Configuration" settings I was sent back
the initial screen. So we might want to recommend against running older
versions just because they don't work as well.


-- 
Rebecca Cran


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