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From: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>
To: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com>
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>,
	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>,
	Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
	Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>,
	xen-devel@lists.xen.org,
	Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/14] Load BIOS via toolstack instead of	been embedded in hvmloader.
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 08:36:22 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <56FD35E6.4090504@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56FCEBCD02000078000E19BF@suse.com>

Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 30.03.16 at 19:22, <JFEHLIG@suse.com> wrote:
>> Anthony PERARD wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Few changes in V4:
>>>   I leave the ACPI alone and only load the BIOS via libxl now.
>>>
>>>   Detail of changes in each patches.
>>>
>>> I've look at loading the BIOS via the toolstack instead of having them 
>> embedded
>>> in the hvmloader binary. After this patch series, hvmloader compilation 
>> would
>>> be indenpendant from SeaBIOS and OVMF compilation.
>> Hi Anthony, Wei,
>>
>> Any chance this series will make 4.7? AFAICT, there were no major issues in 
>> the
>> reviews. I didn't review all the patches in detail, but have done quite a 
>> bit of
>> testing with this series and haven't noticed any problems (beyond the 
>> current
>> upstream ovmf breakage with Xen).
> 
> I'm afraid the primary issue here is reviewing bandwidth: While
> the hvmloader parts are on my list of things to look at

And these are precisely the patches I just skimmed over, since I'm not familiar
with hvmloader.

Jim

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-03-31 14:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-03-14 17:55 [PATCH v4 00/14] Load BIOS via toolstack instead of been embedded in hvmloader Anthony PERARD
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 01/14] libxc: Rework extra module initialisation Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16  0:06   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-17 16:24     ` Anthony PERARD
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 02/14] libxc: Prepare a start info structure for hvmloader Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16  0:18   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-16 18:01     ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-03-17 16:48       ` Anthony PERARD
2016-03-17 16:28     ` Anthony PERARD
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 03/14] configure: #define SEABIOS_PATH and OVMF_PATH Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16  0:20   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-08 13:38   ` Wei Liu
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 04/14] firmware/makefile: install BIOS blob Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16  0:26   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-16  8:54     ` Dario Faggioli
2016-03-16  8:56       ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-17 16:58     ` Anthony PERARD
2016-03-17 17:37   ` Doug Goldstein
2016-03-17 18:33     ` Anthony PERARD
2016-03-18 21:11       ` Jim Fehlig
2016-03-19  0:43       ` Doug Goldstein
2016-04-18 14:31   ` Doug Goldstein
2016-04-19 13:11     ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 05/14] libxl: Load guest BIOS from file Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16  0:53   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-16  9:27     ` Dario Faggioli
2016-03-17 17:24       ` Anthony PERARD
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 06/14] xen: Move the hvm_start_info C representation from libxc to public/xen.h Anthony PERARD
2016-03-15  8:09   ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-16  0:59     ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-16  1:00       ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-16  8:32       ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-21 17:04     ` Roger Pau Monné
2016-03-21 17:21       ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 07/14] hvmloader: Grab the hvm_start_info pointer Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16  1:07   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-05 12:43   ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 08/14] hvmloader: Locate the BIOS blob Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16  1:14   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-17 17:46     ` Anthony PERARD
2016-03-17 17:57       ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-18  7:34       ` Jan Beulich
2016-04-05 12:59   ` Jan Beulich
2016-04-05 14:05     ` Roger Pau Monné
2016-04-05 14:23       ` Jan Beulich
2016-04-07 15:10     ` Anthony PERARD
2016-04-07 15:30       ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 09/14] hvmloader: Check modules whereabouts in perform_tests Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16  1:23   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-17 18:08     ` Anthony PERARD
2016-04-05 13:07   ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 10/14] hvmloader: Load SeaBIOS from hvm_start_info modules Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16  1:27   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-16  1:27     ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-05 13:11   ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 11/14] hvmloader: Load OVMF from modules Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16  1:36   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-05 13:16   ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 12/14] hvmloader: Specific bios_load function required Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16  1:38   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-17 18:25     ` Anthony PERARD
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 13/14] hvmloader: Always build-in SeaBIOS and OVMF loader Anthony PERARD
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 14/14] configure: do not depend on SEABIOS_PATH or OVMF_PATH Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16  1:40   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-08 13:38   ` Wei Liu
2016-03-24 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 00/14] Load BIOS via toolstack instead of been embedded in hvmloader Jim Fehlig
2016-03-30 17:22 ` Jim Fehlig
2016-03-31  7:20   ` Jan Beulich
     [not found]   ` <56FCEBCD02000078000E19BF@suse.com>
2016-03-31 14:36     ` Jim Fehlig [this message]
2016-03-31 16:49       ` George Dunlap
2016-04-01  9:12         ` George Dunlap
2016-04-01 14:24           ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-01 20:06           ` Jim Fehlig

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