Re: [RFC PATCH v4 7/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

2018-02-28 Thread Juergen Gross
On 28/02/18 19:28, Maran Wilson wrote: > For certain applications it is desirable to rapidly boot a KVM virtual > machine. In cases where legacy hardware and software support within the > guest is not needed, Qemu should be able to boot directly into the > uncompressed Linux kernel binary without

Re: [RFC PATCH v4 7/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

2018-02-28 Thread Juergen Gross
On 28/02/18 19:28, Maran Wilson wrote: > For certain applications it is desirable to rapidly boot a KVM virtual > machine. In cases where legacy hardware and software support within the > guest is not needed, Qemu should be able to boot directly into the > uncompressed Linux kernel binary without

[RFC PATCH v4 7/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

2018-02-28 Thread Maran Wilson
For certain applications it is desirable to rapidly boot a KVM virtual machine. In cases where legacy hardware and software support within the guest is not needed, Qemu should be able to boot directly into the uncompressed Linux kernel binary without the need to run firmware. There already exists

[RFC PATCH v4 7/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

2018-02-28 Thread Maran Wilson
For certain applications it is desirable to rapidly boot a KVM virtual machine. In cases where legacy hardware and software support within the guest is not needed, Qemu should be able to boot directly into the uncompressed Linux kernel binary without the need to run firmware. There already exists