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code32seg.c		code32seg.c
cstart.S		cstart.S
entry.S		entry.S
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fw_cfg.c		fw_cfg.c
hwsetup.c		hwsetup.c
linuxboot.c		linuxboot.c
main.c		main.c
malloc.c		malloc.c
meson.build		meson.build
mptable.c		mptable.c
pci.c		pci.c
printf.c		printf.c
smbios.c		smbios.c
string.c		string.c
tables.c		tables.c

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A simple x86 firmware that can boot Linux.

Most of QEMU's startup time is spent:

* in the dynamic linker.  This can be reduced by 150 ms simply by
  compiling a stripped down QEMU:

    ./configure --disable-libssh2 --disable-tcmalloc --disable-glusterfs \
        --disable-seccomp --disable-{bzip2,snappy,lzo} --disable-usb-redir \
        --disable-libusb --disable-smartcard-nss --disable-libnfs  \
        --disable-libiscsi --disable-rbd  --disable-spice --disable-attr \
        --disable-cap-ng --disable-linux-aio --disable-brlapi \
        --disable-vnc-{jpeg,tls,sasl,png,ws} --disable-rdma --disable-bluez \
        --disable-fdt --disable-curl --disable-curses --disable-sdl \
        --disable-gtk  --disable-tpm --disable-vte --disable-vnc  \
        --disable-xen --disable-opengl --target-list=x86_64-softmmu

* in the BIOS.  qboot saves another 150 ms.

* until QEMU 2.7+, in fw_cfg.  qboot uses the DMA interface which is pretty
  much instantaneous.

Compile qboot
=============

Clone the source:

    $ git clone https://github.com/bonzini/qboot.git

Compile the qboot firmware (you may need to install the relevant build
time dependancies):

    $ meson build && ninja -C build

The result will be a 64K file named bios.bin under the build/ directory.

Usage
=====

    $ qemu-kvm -bios bios.bin \
      -kernel /boot/vmlinuz-4.0.3-300.fc22.x86_64 \
      -serial mon:stdio -append 'console=ttyS0,115200,8n1'

TODO
====

* Add the possibility to configure out PIC and PCI bridge initialization