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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: |
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:07:46 +0900 |
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 <address@hidden> 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(-)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Nguyen Anh Quynh <address@hidden> 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 <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