linux-kernel - Re: kvmtool tree (Was: Re: [patch] config: fix make kvmconfig)

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Date:	Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:46:39 +0000
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: kvmtool tree (Was: Re: [patch] config: fix make kvmconfig)

On Mon, 2013-02-11 at 16:47 +0200, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
> > IIRC Windows support for kmvtool is work in progress - some
> > patches already got applied.
> 
> People are working on SeaBIOS support which is just one part of
> running Windows. But yeah, we'll hopefully support non-Linux guest at
> some point. 

<digression>

You're probably better off focusing on OVMF rather than just SeaBIOS.

SeaBIOS has CSM support now, so it can provide 'legacy' BIOS services
under OVMF. So if OVMF runs, you get both EFI and legacy support.

-- 
dwmw2

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