On Mon, 21 Sep 2015 22:36:43 +0200 Hannes Reinecke <h...@suse.de> wrote:
> On 09/21/2015 04:58 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > > > > > On 21/09/2015 15:14, Marc Marí wrote: > >> This patch series is not ready for merging. There are things > >> missing and questions to be answered: > >> - Is it necessary to retrieve any other data from the NVDIMM? > >> - Is there any other nicer (and faster) option for the page table? > >> - Make NVDIMM a compile-time option, as the other devices. > >> - Add some kind of wrapper to the boot files instead of a direct > >> vmlinux. > >> - Add NVDIMM boot priority support. > >> - Add support for intitrd and cmdline. Maybe in another NVDIMM, > >> or in the same, or through fw_cfg. > > > > Perhaps store a CBFS image in the NVDIMM? That could include the > > kernel, initrd and cmdline. > > > Any idea how the standards body envisioned this? > Surely there's something in there... > > Matthew? > > Cheers, > > Hannes As far as I know, the booting support is planned just for block mode. And it will probably be designed as booting from an SSD or any other block device. And, if I remember correcly, no NVDIMM/NFIT specification mentions anything about booting. Thanks Marc _______________________________________________ SeaBIOS mailing list SeaBIOS@seabios.org http://www.seabios.org/mailman/listinfo/seabios