From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4033AC06510 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2019 10:38:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 16F6D204FD for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2019 10:38:05 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 16F6D204FD Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([::1]:51494 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hiGAm-0001f6-C0 for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Tue, 02 Jul 2019 06:38:04 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49403) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hiG9w-0001Cz-Uy for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 02 Jul 2019 06:37:13 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hiG9w-00031V-03 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 02 Jul 2019 06:37:12 -0400 Received: from mail-wm1-f66.google.com ([209.85.128.66]:52270) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hiG9v-0002zh-Oy for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 02 Jul 2019 06:37:11 -0400 Received: by mail-wm1-f66.google.com with SMTP id s3so349322wms.2 for ; Tue, 02 Jul 2019 03:37:11 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=GnZPXbI1355tEt8G5re/d7Ljgk7NdDKh8vv2JLpeDPY=; b=T+snFHOvay31Bq/ma1iciGkjx3fs/gph65adVSHpGGh8KsQlpIPnapvP4+TqfplXQT pXOc8AffmQvQsNf7LwWeIB2Bjw4erIKrTJPWLTvYIZEZlxCnHCR/Mo0XO20HcUno4+mC XHKgBUMu6cOWDd1ufNEVQMB6CEa8CatH36C/iLqL4reUwNkxNw7DFEgBYLKTfvsJwgFj OhMbup/QEmpftqF+QxGiDnydrsKLS9I/vLmLp85N4z+ImUsdgiXzO67vtFglOOHnn8CH Ytf/0Y91gY4xyBa8cwgHlcVDAslZe91MZAif4uv2PBboRiSbHHoVy0hnr05NfsVldo4s aPIg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWl+Tj8ibgZ7riwOYopKBVtoEvga1wDpekbx5sbu7PPJ1DBSwg7 gEPcY7BLh6dMYmX9t2e7oD9ulqTQbjI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyByuF6nDOZ1fkb//ZJA4DIV+d+BSz+Yt+aHUH4KzM3Wtua8vYR/cy6EYMgI5O1qUCElA0uAQ== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:a783:: with SMTP id q125mr3202568wme.94.1562063830615; Tue, 02 Jul 2019 03:37:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?IPv6:2001:b07:6468:f312:68f6:70ea:5bb4:f73? ([2001:b07:6468:f312:68f6:70ea:5bb4:f73]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q20sm19034288wra.36.2019.07.02.03.37.08 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=AEAD-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 02 Jul 2019 03:37:09 -0700 (PDT) To: Sergio Lopez , Stefano Garzarella References: <20190701144705.102615-1-slp@redhat.com> <20190701144705.102615-5-slp@redhat.com> <20190702081914.ulccsaokivd6epgv@steredhat> <877e90ygab.fsf@redhat.com> From: Paolo Bonzini Message-ID: Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2019 12:37:08 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.7.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <877e90ygab.fsf@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.128.66 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 4/4] hw/i386: Introduce the microvm machine type X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: ehabkost@redhat.com, maran.wilson@oracle.com, mst@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, rth@twiddle.net Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On 02/07/19 10:47, Sergio Lopez wrote: >> Could it be useful to support initrd as well? >> >> I'm thinking a possibility to a microvm to use only the initrd without a >> block device. > I agree, thanks for the suggestion. I'll add support for it. I'd like to take a look at adding firmware support too, so that we get linuxboot and multiboot for free. This would also allow boot time comparisons. Paolo