From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Campbell Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 00/16] Load BIOS via toolstack instead of been embedded in hvmloader. Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 10:18:17 +0000 Message-ID: <1446632297.6461.19.camel@citrix.com> References: <1445875397-2846-1-git-send-email-anthony.perard@citrix.com> <1446571832.16178.55.camel@citrix.com> <20151103175047.GA1851@perard.uk.xensource.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20151103175047.GA1851@perard.uk.xensource.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: Anthony PERARD , Roger Pau Monne Cc: xen-devel@lists.xen.org List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org T24gVHVlLCAyMDE1LTExLTAzIGF0IDE3OjUwICswMDAwLCBBbnRob255IFBFUkFSRCB3cm90ZToK PiBPbiBUdWUsIE5vdiAwMywgMjAxNSBhdCAwNTozMDozMlBNICswMDAwLCBJYW4gQ2FtcGJlbGwg d3JvdGU6Cj4gPiBPbiBNb24sIDIwMTUtMTAtMjYgYXQgMTY6MDMgKzAwMDAsIEFudGhvbnkgUEVS QVJEIHdyb3RlOgo+ID4gPiBIaSBhbGwsCj4gPiA+IAo+ID4gPiBJJ3ZlIHN0YXJ0IHRvIGxvb2sg 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