Re: [PATCH] add new bootloader xenpvnetboot for pv guest [and 1 more messages]

[Zhigang Wang <zhigang.x.wang@oracle.com>]

On 03/01/2012 01:56 PM, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Zhigang Wang writes ("[Xen-devel] [PATCH] add new bootloader xenpvnetboot for pv guest"):
>> add new bootloader xenpvnetboot for pv guest
> 
> Great, thanks.  I agree with Ian's comments but this is a clear
> improvement so I have applied it.  But, improving the documentation is
> something we should definitely do.
> 
> Ian writes:
>> Since you have, I guess, reverse engineered the PV bootloader protocol
>> >from pygrub in order to implement this I wonder if you would consider
>> writing up a specification for the required interface or such
>> bootloaders? e.g. docs/misc/pvbootloader.markdown.
> 
> That is also an excellent suggestion.
> 
> Ian.

Thanks Ian C and Ian J.

Sorry I missed Ian C's mail a few days ago.

I add what you suggested to my TODO list.

Another thing you may help about this is: PV guest diskless boot using this boot
loader. Current for PV guest, we require at least one disk. I will work on it
and probably ask for help later.

Thanks,

Zhigang