From: Akio Takebe <takebe_akio@jp.fujitsu.com>
To: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com>
Cc: xen-devel <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch] avoid unnecessary loading NIC rom.
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:50:03 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <494A631B.5070904@jp.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C570116E.1074%keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com>
Keir Fraser wrote:
> On 18/12/2008 13:45, "Akio Takebe" <takebe_akio@jp.fujitsu.com> wrote:
>
>> When we don't specify PXE boot in guest configuration file,
>> it is not necessary for hvmloader to load PXE option ROM.
>> This patch avoid unncessary loading the rom.
>> It can save shadow memory area for option ROMs.
>
> There's a 'F10 to select boot device' option in rombios, so you can't
> determine this in hvmloader.
Exactly. But if gPXE rom is loaded,
hvmloader cannot load some option ROMs of raal PCI cards.
I suspect we don't use F10 option for PXE boot.
Do you have good idea?
Best Regards,
Akio Takebe
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-18 14:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-18 13:45 [Patch] avoid unnecessary loading NIC rom Akio Takebe
2008-12-18 14:40 ` Keir Fraser
2008-12-18 14:50 ` Akio Takebe [this message]
2008-12-18 14:55 ` Keir Fraser
2008-12-18 15:00 ` Keir Fraser
2008-12-19 7:37 ` Akio Takebe
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