Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v9 05/13] s390-ccw: move auxiliary IPL data to separate location

2018-02-23 Thread Thomas Huth
On 23.02.2018 16:43, Collin L. Walling wrote: > The s390-ccw firmware needs some information in support of the > boot process which is not available on the native machine. > Examples are the netboot firmware load address and now the > boot menu parameters. > > While storing that data in unused

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v9 05/13] s390-ccw: move auxiliary IPL data to separate location

2018-02-23 Thread Collin L. Walling
On 02/23/2018 11:03 AM, Thomas Huth wrote: On 23.02.2018 16:43, Collin L. Walling wrote: The s390-ccw firmware needs some information in support of the boot process which is not available on the native machine. Examples are the netboot firmware load address and now the boot menu parameters.

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v9 05/13] s390-ccw: move auxiliary IPL data to separate location

2018-02-23 Thread Collin L. Walling
The s390-ccw firmware needs some information in support of the boot process which is not available on the native machine. Examples are the netboot firmware load address and now the boot menu parameters. While storing that data in unused fields of the IPL parameter block works, that approach could