Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/2] kvm tools, seabios: Add "--bios" option to "vm run"
I think you need to look at the change floren and I worked up, assuming I can get him to release it to you. Our change is a bit less complex and adds fewer lines of code. You've added an extra option to load a bios, and it will be somewhat limited as those ever-demanding users continue to demand more and more :-) What we did instead is let users specify the load address of the kernel, and the IP from which to start. So our command line ends up with --kernel being a seabios image, and using switches to set the load address at e and the initial IP at 0. Of course, now that I know the memory is "reflected" to high memory too, the initial IP could just as easily be fff0. Anyway, John, can you give us a look at a patch please? ron -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/2] kvm tools, seabios: Add "--bios" option to "vm run"
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Pekka Enberg wrote: > I personally want a simple command line option that does everything for > me automatically. it's a great goal, and I like the swtich a lot. But if you want that -firmware option why not have it turn into an automated setting of the options that John's got in his patch? It really is less code overall and I love the fact that kvm tool is so tiny, I'm anxious to keep it that way :-) ron -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/2] kvm tools, seabios: Add "--bios" option to "vm run"
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 3:15 AM, Gleb Natapov wrote: > AFAIK kvm-tool initialize PCI by itself so it actually may work (and, > very likely, the best thing to do). we're going in circles. kvm-tool does not set the base address of some of the BARs and seabios does not do it quite correctly. That's what we're trying to decide how to fix. Probably the fastest way out is just run coreboot+seabios for kvm-tool. ron -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/2] kvm tools, seabios: Add "--bios" option to "vm run"
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Gleb Natapov wrote: > Then make kvm-tool set it. Why do you need coreboot/seabios for that? First thing we looked at. For a number of reasons it seems ugly. Either we can pick a bunch of fixed base addresses for the kvm-tool resources, and track them all as new devices are added to kvm-tool over time (yuck), or we can replicate some of the pci BAR code in kvm-tool that already exists in seabios/coreboot, which also seems yucky. kvm-tool provides a more realistic environment in some ways for guests than qemu. Less is initialized. Given that coreboot does the things we need done, and it's easy to build, I don't see a reason not to use it. Of course due to the ongoing ld alignment bug issue, I can't build seabios to test this idea, so have not. If I had time I'd put in a patch to seabios to not depend on this feature, since it's broken on every linux system I own, but ... ron -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/2] kvm tools, seabios: Add "--bios" option to "vm run"
I'm less interested in this argument than getting something that works, however it happens, so I'll let it stop with the comment that i don't agree with you :-) thanks ron -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
