Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] docs: update docs for setting the QEMU BIOS file path

2014-04-29 Thread chenhanx...@cn.fujitsu.com


 -Original Message-
 From: Jim Fehlig [mailto:jfeh...@suse.com]
 Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 12:25 PM
 To: Chen, Hanxiao/陈 晗霄
 Cc: Nehal J Wani; libvir-list
 Subject: Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] docs: update docs for setting the QEMU BIOS 
 file
 path
 
 chenhanx...@cn.fujitsu.com wrote:
 
  -Original Message-
  From: Nehal J Wani [mailto:nehaljw.k...@gmail.com]
  Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 1:07 PM
  To: Chen, Hanxiao/陈 晗霄
  Cc: libvir-list
  Subject: Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] docs: update docs for setting the QEMU BIOS 
  file
  path
 
 
 ddThe optional codeloader/code tag refers to a firmware
 blob
   used to assist the domain creation process. At this time, it is
   only needed by Xen fully virtualized
 
  Is the sentence only needed by Xen fully virtualized valid even now?
 
 
  I'm not familiar with XEN...
 
  Anyone can help?
 
 
 There is certainly a lot of Xen fully virtualized config with
 loader/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader/loader.  But it sounds like your
 change makes the only needed by part invalid.  I.e. loader is used
 by Xen fully virtualized domains as well as setting the QEMU BIOS file
 path for QEMU/KVM domains.
 
Thanks for your help :)

- Chen

 Regards,
 Jim


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Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] docs: update docs for setting the QEMU BIOS file path

2014-04-28 Thread chenhanx...@cn.fujitsu.com


 -Original Message-
 From: Nehal J Wani [mailto:nehaljw.k...@gmail.com]
 Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 1:07 PM
 To: Chen, Hanxiao/陈 晗霄
 Cc: libvir-list
 Subject: Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] docs: update docs for setting the QEMU BIOS 
 file
 path
 
 ddThe optional codeloader/code tag refers to a firmware blob
   used to assist the domain creation process. At this time, it is
   only needed by Xen fully virtualized
 
 Is the sentence only needed by Xen fully virtualized valid even now?

I'm not familiar with XEN...

Anyone can help?

Thanks,
- Chen

 For example, the support for UEFI firmware has also been introduced,
 which can be easily used by extracting bios.bin from
 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/jejb1:/UEFI/openSUSE_12.2
 /x86_64/OVMF-0.1+r14742-1.1.x86_64.rpm
 and passing  its path under the loader option.
 
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Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] docs: update docs for setting the QEMU BIOS file path

2014-04-28 Thread Jim Fehlig
chenhanx...@cn.fujitsu.com wrote:
   
 -Original Message-
 From: Nehal J Wani [mailto:nehaljw.k...@gmail.com]
 Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 1:07 PM
 To: Chen, Hanxiao/陈 晗霄
 Cc: libvir-list
 Subject: Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] docs: update docs for setting the QEMU BIOS 
 file
 path

 
ddThe optional codeloader/code tag refers to a firmware blob
  used to assist the domain creation process. At this time, it is
  only needed by Xen fully virtualized
   
 Is the sentence only needed by Xen fully virtualized valid even now?
 

 I'm not familiar with XEN...

 Anyone can help?
   

There is certainly a lot of Xen fully virtualized config with
loader/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader/loader.  But it sounds like your
change makes the only needed by part invalid.  I.e. loader is used
by Xen fully virtualized domains as well as setting the QEMU BIOS file
path for QEMU/KVM domains.

Regards,
Jim

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[libvirt] [PATCH] docs: update docs for setting the QEMU BIOS file path

2014-04-27 Thread Chen Hanxiao
commit ddf2dfa1f79af0405df5ca10583764a497c7a0db
provides a way to determine which bios files to use.
So we need to update related docs.

disccussed at:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2012-June/msg01286.html

Signed-off-by: Chen Hanxiao chenhanx...@cn.fujitsu.com
---
 docs/formatdomain.html.in | 8 +++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
index e851f85..93f14fa 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
@@ -128,7 +128,13 @@
   ddThe optional codeloader/code tag refers to a firmware blob
 used to assist the domain creation process. At this time, it is
 only needed by Xen fully virtualized
-domains. span class=sinceSince 0.1.0/span/dd
+domains. span class=sinceSince 0.1.0/span
+  p
+  It could also be used to set the QEMU BIOS file path.
+  Then guest will be started with that BIOS file.
+  span class=sinceSince 0.9.12/span
+  /p
+  /dd
   dtcodeboot/code/dt
   ddThe codedev/code attribute takes one of the values fd, hd,
 cdrom or network and is used to specify the next boot device
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Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] docs: update docs for setting the QEMU BIOS file path

2014-04-27 Thread Nehal J Wani
ddThe optional codeloader/code tag refers to a firmware blob
  used to assist the domain creation process. At this time, it is
  only needed by Xen fully virtualized

Is the sentence only needed by Xen fully virtualized valid even now?
For example, the support for UEFI firmware has also been introduced,
which can be easily used by extracting bios.bin from
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/jejb1:/UEFI/openSUSE_12.2/x86_64/OVMF-0.1+r14742-1.1.x86_64.rpm
and passing  its path under the loader option.

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