[Qemu-devel] [ANNOUNCE] SeaBIOS 1.7.4

[Kevin O'Connor]

The 1.7.4 version of SeaBIOS has now been released.  For more
information on the release, please see:

http://seabios.org/Releases


New in this release:

* Support for obtaining ACPI tables directly from QEMU.
* Initial support for XHCI USB controllers (initially for QEMU only).
* Support for booting from "pvscsi" devices on QEMU.
* Enhanced floppy driver - improved support for real hardware.
* coreboot cbmem console support.
* Optional support for using the 9-segment instead of the e-segment
  for local variables.
* Improved internal timer code and accuracy.
* SeaVGABIOS improvements
  * Better support for legacy X.org releases with incomplete x86emu
    emulation.
  * Support for using an internal stack to reduce caller's stack
    usage.
  * Back port of new "bochs dispi" interface video modes.
* Several bug fixes and code cleanups
  * Source code separated out into additional hardware and firmware
    directories.
  * Update to latest version of Kconfig


For information on obtaining SeaBIOS, please see:

http://seabios.org/Download