Re: [kvm-devel] [RFC] linuxboot Option ROM for Linux kernel booting

[Nguyen A. Q. <aq...@gm...>]

Hi,

I am thinking about comibing this ROM with the extboot. Both two ROM
are about "booting", so I think that is reasonable. So we will have
only 1 ROM that supports both external boot and Linux boot.

Is that desirable or not?

Thanks,
Quynh

On 4/21/08, Nguyen Anh Quynh <aq...@gm...> wrote:
> Hmm, the last patch includes a binary. So please take this patch instead.
>
>  Thanks,
>
> Q
>
>  # diffstat linuxboot1.diff
>   Makefile             |   13 ++++-
>   linuxboot/Makefile   |   40 +++++++++++++++
>   linuxboot/boot.S     |   54 +++++++++++++++++++++
>   linuxboot/farvar.h   |  130 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   linuxboot/rom.c      |  104 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>  linuxboot/signrom.c  |  128 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   linuxboot/util.h     |   69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   qemu/Makefile        |    3 -
>   qemu/Makefile.target |    2
>   qemu/hw/linuxboot.c  |   39 +++++++++++++++
>   qemu/hw/pc.c         |   22 +++++++-
>   qemu/hw/pc.h         |    5 +
>
>  12 files changed, 600 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
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>  On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Nguyen Anh Quynh <aq...@gm...> wrote:
>  > Forget to say that this patch is against kvm-66.
>  >
>  >  Thanks,
>  >  Q
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >  On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Nguyen Anh Quynh <aq...@gm...> wrote:
>  >  > Hi,
>  >  >
>  >  >  This should be submitted to upstream (but not to kvm-devel list), but
>  >  >  this is only the test code that I want to quickly send out for
>  >  >  comments. In case it looks OK, I will send it to upstream later.
>  >  >
>  >  >  Inspired by extboot and conversations with Anthony and HPA, this
>  >  >  linuxboot option ROM is a simple option ROM that intercepts int19 in
>  >  >  order to execute linux setup code. This approach eliminates the need
>  >  >  to manipulate the boot sector for this purpose.
>  >  >
>  >  >  To test it, just load linux kernel with your KVM/QEMU image using
>  >  >  -kernel option in normal way.
>  >  >
>  >  >  I succesfully compiled and tested it with kvm-66 on Ubuntu 7.10, guest
>  >  >  Ubuntu 8.04.
>  >  >
>  >  >  Thanks,
>  >  >  Quynh
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  >  # diffstat linuxboot1.diff
>  >  >   Makefile             |   13 ++++-
>  >  >   linuxboot/Makefile   |   40 +++++++++++++++
>  >  >   linuxboot/boot.S     |   54 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  >  >   linuxboot/farvar.h   |  130 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  >  >   linuxboot/rom.c      |  104 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  >  >   linuxboot/signrom    |binary
>  >  >   linuxboot/signrom.c  |  128 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  >  >   linuxboot/util.h     |   69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  >  >   qemu/Makefile        |    3 -
>  >  >   qemu/Makefile.target |    2
>  >  >   qemu/hw/linuxboot.c  |   39 +++++++++++++++
>  >  >   qemu/hw/pc.c         |   22 +++++++-
>  >  >   qemu/hw/pc.h         |    5 +
>  >  >   13 files changed, 600 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>  >  >
>  >
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