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

[Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>]

On Fri, 2012-02-24 at 08:27 -0800, ron minnich 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.

I went ahead and applied my patches. Feel free to extend it to support
the kind of configuration options you need.

I personally want a simple command line option that does everything for
me automatically.

			Pekka