Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools/firmware: Rename bios.bin to seabios.bin

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/09/16 09:09, Anthony PERARD wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 11:24:05AM +0100, Wei Liu wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 03:26:23PM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>>> bios.bin as a name is far too generic.  Rename it to seabios.bin.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Hmm... I remember the first few versions of that series had it named
>> seabios.bin and I acked that.
>>
>> Anyway, I think I will give Anthony a chance to clarify why he changed
>> the name.
> I've changed it because someone ask for it:
> https://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2016-03/msg02371.html

It was admittedly lacking a question mark, but that was a question not a
statement.

The answer is "because there are a load of other bios binaries stored in
the same directory".

> It was to match how seabios is installed by default.

This is not relevant.  The version of seabios built by Xen should fit
into the Xen expectations.  If this means renaming it to make it clear
which bios it it, then so be it.

~Andrew

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