Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/2] kvm tools, seabios: Add "--bios" option to "vm run"

John Floren
2012-02-24T16:41:05Z

Yeah, I'll try to work something up... got approval from Keith.

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 8:27 AM, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think you need to look at the change floren and I worked up,
> assuming I can get him to release it to you.
>
> Our change is a bit less complex and adds fewer lines of code. You've
> added an extra option to load a bios, and it will be somewhat limited
> as those ever-demanding users continue to demand more and more :-)
>
> What we did instead is let users specify the load address of the
> kernel, and the IP from which to start. So our command line ends up
> with --kernel being a seabios image, and using switches to set the
> load address at e0000 and the initial IP at ffff0. Of course, now that
> I know the memory is "reflected" to high memory too, the initial IP
> could just as easily be fffffff0.
>
> Anyway, John, can you give us a look at a patch please?
>
> ron