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From: Akio Takebe <takebe_akio@jp.fujitsu.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 0/3] Enable Option ROM support in Guest BIOS
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:27:56 +0900
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Hi,

>So that answer to your question is: Yes, it helps towarding being able to 
>boot from an emulated SCSI device for HVM guest if you choose to do it that 
>way. But *not* enough. I do not know if there is anyone that is developing 
>this capability. Maybe others who has interests on this can comment more.
>
We are interested in SAN boot, SAS boot and so on.
We have a patch to be able to boot HVM guest from SAN.
The patch is for supporting BCV style booting.
But we needs to revise the patch a little bit.

Best Regards,

Akio Takebe