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[Qemu-devel] Re: [RFC] linuxboot Option ROM for Linux kernel booting
From: |
Nguyen Anh Quynh |
Subject: |
[Qemu-devel] Re: [RFC] linuxboot Option ROM for Linux kernel booting |
Date: |
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:33:54 +0900 |
Forget to say that this patch is against kvm-66.
Thanks,
Q
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Nguyen Anh Quynh <address@hidden> 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(-)
>
[Qemu-devel] Re: [RFC] linuxboot Option ROM for Linux kernel booting, Anthony Liguori, 2008/04/22