| Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH v4 7/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point | From | Juergen Gross <> | Date | Thu, 1 Mar 2018 08:31:17 +0100 |
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On 28/02/18 19:28, 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 enables Qemu to use that same entry point for booting KVM > guests. > > Signed-off-by: Maran Wilson <maran.wilson@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Juergen
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