Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/4] Add multiboot support (x86) v3

[Alexander Graf]

On 22.06.2009, at 16:22, Anthony Liguori wrote:

> Alexander Graf wrote:
> > This patch implements support for Multiboot on x86 for -kernel.
> > Multiboot is a "new" approach to get rid of different bootloaders,  
> > providing
> > a unified interface for the kernel. It supports command line  
> > options and
> > kernel modules.
>
> Works booting Xen from Fedora 8 and doesn't regress -kernel.
>
> However, when using multiboot, the ROMs don't survive a reboot.  If  
> you look at how -kernel is implemented, you'll various calls  
> option_rom_reset() to cover not just the roms but also the kernel/ 
> initrd bits.  You'll need to do the same thing for multiboot.

Does -kernel with a Linux kernel survive a reboot?
Also, do we still want to use the -kernel after a reboot or rather go  
through the normal boot order?

Is there an easy way to get a callback when we get #reset?

Alex