From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45867) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zhz7f-0003Gy-JI for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 08:07:36 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zhz7c-0005Mo-Ee for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 08:07:35 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:60841) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zhz7c-0005MT-98 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 08:07:32 -0400 Message-ID: <1443787644.14636.23.camel@redhat.com> From: Gerd Hoffmann Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2015 14:07:24 +0200 In-Reply-To: <560E6EE9.3090502@redhat.com> References: <1443701677-13629-1-git-send-email-markmb@redhat.com> <1443701819-13855-1-git-send-email-markmb@redhat.com> <1443701819-13855-7-git-send-email-markmb@redhat.com> <560D5057.6010308@redhat.com> <20151001160242.GA7766@morn.lan> <1443773786.14636.12.camel@redhat.com> <20151002102408.23266dc0@markmb_rh> <1443776468.14636.20.camel@redhat.com> <560E6EE9.3090502@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 6/7] Make the kernel image in the fw_cfg DMA interface bootable List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Laszlo Ersek Cc: Drew , Stefan Hajnoczi , "Gabriel L. Somlo" , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Kevin O'Connor , Marc =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mar=ED?= Hi, > > Any -kernel boot on x86 will use either linuxboot.bin or multiboot.bin. > > (Except when your firmware is OVMF -- OVMF has its own LoadLinuxLib. So, > if you decide to extend linuxboot.bin / multiboot.bin with the DMA > capability, that can't regress OVMF by definition, and you certainly > won't hear me complain.) What does ovmf expect btw? linux kernel with efi stub I assume? Could you also load efi apps, i.e. something like "qemu -kernel shell.efi"? cheers, Gerd