From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Akio Takebe Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Enable Option ROM support in Guest BIOS Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:35:27 +0900 Message-ID: References: <61563CE63B4F854986A895DA7AD3C17701FC562A@pdsmsx502.ccr.corp.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <61563CE63B4F854986A895DA7AD3C17701FC562A@pdsmsx502.ccr.corp.intel.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: "Shan, Haitao" , 'Keir Fraser' Cc: "'xen-devel@lists.xensource.com'" List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Hi, Shan > >Note: There is no support for booting from SCSI disk now. Since guest BIOS >lacks support for that. Please see the comments below. >//-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >// BIOS Boot Specification 1.0.1 compatibility >// >// Very basic support for the BIOS Boot Specification, which allows expansion >// ROMs to register themselves as boot devices, instead of just stealing the >// INT 19h boot vector. >// >// This is a hack: to do it properly requires a proper PnP BIOS and we aren't >// one; we just lie to the option ROMs to make them behave correctly. >// We also don't support letting option ROMs register as bootable disk >// drives (BCVs), only as bootable devices (BEVs). >// >// http://www.phoenix.com/en/Customer+Services/White+Papers-Specs/pc+industry >+specifications.htm >//-------------------------------------------------------------------------- > We have also worked for enabling option ROM. I and Kouya made the patch for supporting BCV. And we could boot HVM guest from SAN storage. (please see my presentation of XenSummit Tokyo) I'll check your patch and remake the patch soon. BTW, I found some problems, they are: - Some device require services that are not supported by ROMBIOS. (I think updating ROMBIOS to the latest bochs is better.) - Some devcies have empty option ROM or option ROM for EFI. (e.g. NIC cards) Best Regards, Akio Takebe