From: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
To: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>, xen-devel@lists.xen.org
Cc: "Wei Liu" <wei.liu2@citrix.com>,
"Stefano Stabellini" <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>,
"Andrew Cooper" <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
"Ian Jackson" <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>,
"Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@suse.com>,
"Roger Pau Monné" <roger.pau@citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/16] Load BIOS via toolstack instead of been embedded in hvmloader.
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 11:16:18 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56CF28D2.1030504@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1456412174-20162-1-git-send-email-anthony.perard@citrix.com>
On 02/25/2016 09:55 AM, Anthony PERARD wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Many changes in V3:
> no more cmdline, but use each modules' cmdline to provide a name for it.
> in libxc:
> - use xc_dom_alloc_segment() to load modules. see patch #1.
> - avoid duplication of code between PVHv2 and hvmloader for the
> initialisation of hvm_start_info.
> in xl/libxl:
> - only one new option, bios_firmware. acpi_firmware is reused, see
> patch #6.
> in hvmloader:
> - handle rombios as separate case.
> more detail in each patches.
>
> I've look at loading the BIOS and the ACPI tables via the toolstack instead
> of having them embedded in the hvmloader binary.
This is what I've been trying to do for HVMlite/PVHv2 guests. Roger and
I have a PoC toolstack code that loads limited ACPI data into the guest
but I wonder whether these patches already do this.
I haven't gone over the series in detail yet. Does this allow toolstack
to load RSDP and then R/XSDT, FADT etc. directly to guest memory or are
they passed to hvmloader to do so via hvm_start_info? (I think it's the
latter based on how I read patch 13 but I am not sure).
-boris
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Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-25 14:55 [PATCH v3 00/16] Load BIOS via toolstack instead of been embedded in hvmloader Anthony PERARD
2016-02-25 14:55 ` [PATCH v3 01/16] libxc: Rework extra module initialisation Anthony PERARD
2016-03-01 11:51 ` Wei Liu
2016-03-03 16:27 ` Anthony PERARD
2016-02-25 14:56 ` [PATCH v3 02/16] libxc: Load BIOS and ACPI table into guest memory Anthony PERARD
2016-03-01 11:51 ` Wei Liu
2016-03-03 16:57 ` Anthony PERARD
2016-02-25 14:56 ` [PATCH v3 03/16] configure: #define SEABIOS_PATH and OVMF_PATH Anthony PERARD
2016-03-01 11:51 ` Wei Liu
2016-03-03 17:03 ` Anthony PERARD
2016-03-08 15:55 ` Wei Liu
2016-02-25 14:56 ` [PATCH v3 04/16] firmware/makefile: install BIOS and ACPI blob Anthony PERARD
2016-02-29 16:31 ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-03 15:44 ` Anthony PERARD
2016-02-25 14:56 ` [PATCH v3 05/16] libxl: Load guest BIOS from file Anthony PERARD
2016-03-01 11:51 ` Wei Liu
2016-03-03 17:16 ` Anthony PERARD
2016-02-25 14:56 ` [PATCH v3 06/16] libxl: Load guest ACPI table " Anthony PERARD
2016-03-01 11:51 ` Wei Liu
2016-03-03 17:12 ` Anthony PERARD
2016-03-08 15:55 ` Wei Liu
2016-02-25 14:56 ` [PATCH v3 07/16] hvmloader: Grab the hvm_start_info pointer Anthony PERARD
2016-02-29 16:37 ` Jan Beulich
2016-02-29 16:48 ` Jan Beulich
2016-02-25 14:56 ` [PATCH v3 08/16] hvmloader: Locate the BIOS blob Anthony PERARD
2016-02-29 16:56 ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-03 16:21 ` Anthony PERARD
2016-02-25 14:56 ` [PATCH v3 09/16] hvmloader: Check modules whereabouts Anthony PERARD
2016-02-29 16:58 ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-03 16:00 ` Anthony PERARD
2016-03-03 16:18 ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-03 16:34 ` Andrew Cooper
2016-02-25 14:56 ` [PATCH v3 10/16] hvmloader: Load SeaBIOS from hvm_start_info modules Anthony PERARD
2016-02-29 17:02 ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-03 16:15 ` Anthony PERARD
2016-02-25 14:56 ` [PATCH v3 11/16] hvmloader: Load OVMF from modules Anthony PERARD
2016-03-01 16:03 ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-03 17:39 ` Anthony PERARD
2016-03-05 18:05 ` Wei Liu
2016-02-25 14:56 ` [PATCH v3 12/16] hvmloader: Specific bios_load function required Anthony PERARD
2016-03-01 16:07 ` Jan Beulich
2016-02-25 14:56 ` [PATCH v3 13/16] hvmloader: Load ACPI tables from hvm_start_info module Anthony PERARD
2016-03-01 16:17 ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-03 17:59 ` Anthony PERARD
2016-03-04 8:39 ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-08 11:15 ` Anthony PERARD
2016-02-25 14:56 ` [PATCH v3 14/16] hvmloader: Compile out the qemu-xen ACPI tables Anthony PERARD
2016-03-01 16:19 ` Jan Beulich
2016-02-25 14:56 ` [PATCH v3 15/16] hvmloader: Always build-in SeaBIOS and OVMF loader Anthony PERARD
2016-03-01 16:20 ` Jan Beulich
2016-02-25 14:56 ` [PATCH v3 16/16] hvmloader: do not depend on SEABIOS_PATH or OVMF_PATH Anthony PERARD
2016-03-01 16:24 ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-03 11:38 ` Wei Liu
2016-02-25 16:16 ` Boris Ostrovsky [this message]
2016-02-25 16:43 ` [PATCH v3 00/16] Load BIOS via toolstack instead of been embedded in hvmloader Anthony PERARD
2016-03-03 18:03 ` Anthony PERARD
2016-03-04 10:57 ` Andrew Cooper
2016-03-08 11:21 ` Anthony PERARD
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