Hi, On 05/17/2016 12:50 PM, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > Hi, > >>> This way we can allow guests update sr[] registers as they want, without >>> allowing them disrupt vbe video modes that way. >> Just documenting my test with the patch here: >> >> This fixes the issue with QEMU 2.5.1.1 but only if I'm using SeaBIOS. >> >> OVMF leads to a almost similar result as without the patch, after >> "windows is loading files" the "Starting Windows" appears short then >> hangs then the screen remains blank, so the blank screen is new with OVMF. > Doesn't reproduce here. > > Details please: Which ovmf version? With/without csm? 32/64 bit > windows version?
I tested with: edk2.git-ovmf-x64-0-20151117.b1317.g386cdfb.noarch.rpm $ git show 386cdfb commit 386cdfbecbbacb600ffc8e2ffa8c7af1b3855a61 Author: Mark Rutland <mark.rutl...@arm.com> Date: Tue Nov 17 13:58:19 2015 +0000 which I used for a little while now and to see if its just my "old" OVMF I also tested the newest version from your jenkins repo (much thanks for them!!): git show 05b2f9c commit 05b2f9c94e0c0b663ff2d2fb55397d8215eeb3f5 Author: Dandan Bi <dandan...@intel.com> Date: Tue May 10 18:51:44 2016 +0800 So without csm. The OS is 64bit windows 7 professional SP1 The QEMU command for my test: ./x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -boot d -cdrom W7SP1_PROFESSIONAL.iso -m 1024 -smp 2 -enable-kvm -cpu host -drive if=pflash,format=raw,unit=0,readonly,file=OVMF_CODE-pure-efi.fd -drive if=pflash,format=raw,unit=1,file=/tmp/OVMF_VARS.fd Happy to provide more details/test if needed. best regards, Thomas