Re: [kvm-devel] [RFC] linuxboot Option ROM for Linux kernel booting

2008-04-23 Thread Nguyen Anh Quynh
On 4/23/08, H. Peter Anvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nguyen Anh Quynh wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am thinking about comibing this ROM with the extboot. Both two ROM > > are about "booting", so I think that is reasonable. So we will have > > only 1 ROM that supports both external boot and Linux bo

Re: [kvm-devel] [RFC] linuxboot Option ROM for Linux kernel booting

2008-04-23 Thread Nguyen Anh Quynh
On 4/22/08, Anthony Liguori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nguyen Anh Quynh wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > This should be submitted to upstream (but not to kvm-devel list), but > > this is only the test code that I want to quickly send out for > > comments. In case it looks OK, I will send it to upstream l

Re: [kvm-devel] [RFC] linuxboot Option ROM for Linux kernel booting

2008-04-22 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Nguyen Anh Quynh wrote: > Hi, > > I am thinking about comibing this ROM with the extboot. Both two ROM > are about "booting", so I think that is reasonable. So we will have > only 1 ROM that supports both external boot and Linux boot. > > Is that desirable or not? > Does it make the code simple

Re: [kvm-devel] [RFC] linuxboot Option ROM for Linux kernel booting

2008-04-22 Thread Anthony Liguori
Nguyen Anh Quynh wrote: > Hi, > > This should be submitted to upstream (but not to kvm-devel list), but > this is only the test code that I want to quickly send out for > comments. In case it looks OK, I will send it to upstream later. > > Inspired by extboot and conversations with Anthony and HPA,

Re: [kvm-devel] [RFC] linuxboot Option ROM for Linux kernel booting

2008-04-22 Thread Anthony Liguori
Nguyen Anh Quynh wrote: > Hi, > > I am thinking about comibing this ROM with the extboot. Both two ROM > are about "booting", so I think that is reasonable. So we will have > only 1 ROM that supports both external boot and Linux boot. > > Is that desirable or not? > I think so. Regards, Antho

Re: [kvm-devel] [RFC] linuxboot Option ROM for Linux kernel booting

2008-04-22 Thread Nguyen Anh Quynh
Hi, I am thinking about comibing this ROM with the extboot. Both two ROM are about "booting", so I think that is reasonable. So we will have only 1 ROM that supports both external boot and Linux boot. Is that desirable or not? Thanks, Quynh On 4/21/08, Nguyen Anh Quynh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: [kvm-devel] [RFC] linuxboot Option ROM for Linux kernel booting

2008-04-20 Thread Nguyen Anh Quynh
Hmm, the last patch includes a binary. So please take this patch instead. Thanks, Q # diffstat linuxboot1.diff Makefile | 13 - linuxboot/Makefile | 40 +++ linuxboot/boot.S | 54 + linuxboot/farvar.h | 130 ++

Re: [kvm-devel] [RFC] linuxboot Option ROM for Linux kernel booting

2008-04-20 Thread Nguyen Anh Quynh
Forget to say that this patch is against kvm-66. Thanks, Q On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Nguyen Anh Quynh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > This should be submitted to upstream (but not to kvm-devel list), but > this is only the test code that I want to quickly send out for > comments.

[kvm-devel] [RFC] linuxboot Option ROM for Linux kernel booting

2008-04-20 Thread Nguyen Anh Quynh
Hi, This should be submitted to upstream (but not to kvm-devel list), but this is only the test code that I want to quickly send out for comments. In case it looks OK, I will send it to upstream later. Inspired by extboot and conversations with Anthony and HPA, this linuxboot option ROM is a simp