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Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 13:17:01 -0500
From: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To: Maran Wilson <maran.wilson@...cle.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 0/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point
On 12/12/18 1:09 PM, 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 needed, Qemu should be able to boot directly into the
>>> uncompressed Linux kernel binary without the need to run firmware.
>>>
>>> There already exists an ABI to allow this for Xen PVH guests and the
>>> ABI
>>> is supported by Linux and FreeBSD:
>>>
>>> https://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable/misc/pvh.html
>>>
>>> This patch series would enable Qemu to use that same entry point for
>>> booting KVM guests.
>> Thanks! I should be able to post a Tested-by next Monday. Boris, are
>> you going to pick it up for 4.21?
Just realized I never answered this --- yes, I am. Now that BorisP.
acked this, having your T-b would be good.
-boris
>
> Hi Paolo,
>
> Are you still planning on running some testing of your own for these
> patches? Should Boris wait to hear from you before moving forward?
>
> Thanks,
> -Maran
>
>> Paolo
>
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