[RFC PATCH v2 2/2] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

2017-12-07 Thread Maran Wilson
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

[RFC PATCH v2 2/2] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

2017-12-07 Thread Maran Wilson
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