linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v1 04/12] xen/hvmlite: Bootstrap HVMlite guest

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Message-ID: <6012806F-E377-4444-9925-AA64210081E4@oracle.com>
Date:	Sat, 23 Jan 2016 10:34:33 -0500
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>,
	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>,
	Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>
CC:	Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v1 04/12] xen/hvmlite: Bootstrap HVMlite	guest


>However, this stub belongs in Linux, not in the Xen toolstack.  That
>way, when the Linux boot protocol is modified, both sides can be
>updated
>accordingly.

I would add that this idea is borrowed from the EFI stub code that Linux has which also constructs the boot parameter structure when invoked (either from firmware or from EFI shell).