On 4/22/08, Anthony Liguori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
OK. > > Make sure you remove all the old linux boot code too within QEMU along with > the -hda checks. Sure. Thanks, Q ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
