From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Cam Macdonell Subject: Re: breaking kvm :-) Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:23:08 -0600 Message-ID: <46EADF9C.5050909@cs.ualberta.ca> References: <13426df10706301443r57243047of1939d7aa39379b8@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel To: ron minnich Return-path: In-Reply-To: <13426df10706301443r57243047of1939d7aa39379b8-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Hi Ron, This would be interesting to try, especially if booting is noticeably faster that bochs. Did you get that how-to up? Thanks, Cam ron minnich wrote: > Somebody here at OLS was asking me about linuxbios on kvm. Well, that > was too much to resist. > > Short form: it works, uses a grub-like interface that does not use > BIOS callbacks. It's noticeably faster to boot than Bochs. I realize > that it's all pretty fast but linuxbios is 32-bit code, so there is > pretty much no emulation to worry about. > > So, if anyone gets annoyed watching bochs boot, I can put a howto on > the linuxbios wiki. It's pretty trivial to set up. > > ron > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > kvm-devel mailing list > kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/