Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v8 0/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

2018-12-13 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 12/12/18 19:09, Maran Wilson wrote: > On 12/6/2018 1:21 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: >> On 06/12/18 07:02, 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

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v8 0/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

2018-12-07 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 11:07:54AM -0500, Boris Ostrovsky wrote: > Can this be considered as an ACK from you? I'll look at v9 next week and add tags, assuming v9 is going to be the final one, of course. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v8 0/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

2018-12-07 Thread Boris Ostrovsky
On 12/7/18 5:25 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 11:14:34PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote: >>> There are some minor changes in non-xen x86 code so it would be good to >>> get x86 maintainers' ack. >> It's not really code, only Kconfig (and I remarked on it just now), but >> it

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v8 0/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

2018-12-07 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 11:14:34PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > There are some minor changes in non-xen x86 code so it would be good to > > get x86 maintainers' ack. > > It's not really code, only Kconfig (and I remarked on it just now), but > it doesn't hurt of course. Yeah, I don't see

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v8 0/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

2018-12-06 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 06/12/18 22:58, Boris Ostrovsky wrote: > On 12/6/18 4:37 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 10:21:12PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote: >>> Thanks! I should be able to post a Tested-by next Monday. Boris, are >>> you going to pick it up for 4.21? >> Boris me or Boris O.? >> >>

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v8 0/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

2018-12-06 Thread Boris Ostrovsky
On 12/6/18 4:37 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 10:21:12PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote: >> Thanks! I should be able to post a Tested-by next Monday. Boris, are >> you going to pick it up for 4.21? > Boris me or Boris O.? > > :-) > O. ;-) There are some minor changes in

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v8 0/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

2018-12-06 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 10:21:12PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > Thanks! I should be able to post a Tested-by next Monday. Boris, are > you going to pick it up for 4.21? Boris me or Boris O.? :-) -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v8 0/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

2018-12-06 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 06/12/18 07:02, 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

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v8 0/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

2018-12-05 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