Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] OvmfPkg PlatformBootManagerLib: Move TryRunningQemuKernel()

["Ard Biesheuvel" <ardb@kernel.org>]

On Wed, 11 Aug 2021 at 11:55, Christoph Willing
<475.chris.willing@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 11/8/21 4:12 pm, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> >   Hi,
> >
> >> I amended my script to have:
> >>
> >> -drive if=none,id=sd00,file=disk.img,format=raw \
> >> -device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi \
> >> -device scsi-hd,bus=scsi.0,drive=sd00 \
> >
> > That switches storage from ide to virtio-scsi.
> >
> > Which is a good idea from the performance point of view.  Will obviously
> > also workaround ide problems.  But might fail now due to virtio-scsi
> > driver not being part of your initrd.
> >
>
> Thank you James & Gerd,
>
> Your suggestions & comments led me to reconsider the contents of the
> initrd and the problem is now fixed.
>
> I had been using an initrd that worked perfectly in a non-UEFI boot and
> half worked with UEFI boot (the working half being when code was
> patched). However when I generated a completely new initrd after
> installing a new system in UEFI mode, I could see many virtio modules
> being added which were not part of the old initrd I had been using.
> Booting with the new initrd works perfectly in  all boot modes using
> OVMF files created without any code patching.
>
> Is there a particular procedure to withdraw my patch request, or does it
> die a quiet death by being ignored now?
>

Glad to hear that the mystery is solved now.

As for the patch, we will just disregard it - no need for any other
action on your part.

-- 
Ard.