Nguyen Anh Quynh 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. >
For the next rounds, could you actually rebase against upstream QEMU and submit to qemu-devel? One of Paul Brook's objections to extboot had historically been that it wasn't not easily sharable with other architectures. With a C version, it seems more reasonable now to do that. Make sure you remove all the old linux boot code too within QEMU along with the -hda checks. Regards, Anthony Liguori > 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(-) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
