[Qemu-devel] Re: [RFC] linuxboot Option ROM for Linux kernel booting

["Nguyen Anh Quynh" <aquynh@gmail.com>]

Forget to say that this patch is against kvm-66.

Thanks,
Q

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Nguyen Anh Quynh <aquynh@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  This should be submitted to upstream (but not to kvm-devel list), but
>  this is only the test code that I want to quickly send out for
>  comments. In case it looks OK, I will send it to upstream later.
>
>  Inspired by extboot and conversations with Anthony and HPA, this
>  linuxboot option ROM is a simple option ROM that intercepts int19 in
>  order to execute linux setup code. This approach eliminates the need
>  to manipulate the boot sector for this purpose.
>
>  To test it, just load linux kernel with your KVM/QEMU image using
>  -kernel option in normal way.
>
>  I succesfully compiled and tested it with kvm-66 on Ubuntu 7.10, guest
>  Ubuntu 8.04.
>
>  Thanks,
>  Quynh
>
>
>  # diffstat linuxboot1.diff
>   Makefile             |   13 ++++-
>   linuxboot/Makefile   |   40 +++++++++++++++
>   linuxboot/boot.S     |   54 +++++++++++++++++++++
>   linuxboot/farvar.h   |  130 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   linuxboot/rom.c      |  104 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   linuxboot/signrom    |binary
>   linuxboot/signrom.c  |  128 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   linuxboot/util.h     |   69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   qemu/Makefile        |    3 -
>   qemu/Makefile.target |    2
>   qemu/hw/linuxboot.c  |   39 +++++++++++++++
>   qemu/hw/pc.c         |   22 +++++++-
>   qemu/hw/pc.h         |    5 +
>   13 files changed, 600 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>