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From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
To: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
	"George Dunlap" <george.dunlap@citrix.com>,
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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] HVMLite / PVHv2 - using x86 EFI boot entry
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 17:24:17 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160415152417.GW1990@wotan.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <57108121.1070307@suse.com>

On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 07:50:25AM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On 14/04/16 21:44, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > No, I meant to ask, would it be possible to make booting HVMLite using EFI
> > be optional ? That way if you already support EFI that can be used on
> > your entires with some small modifications.
> 
> So you suggest to add two HVMlite modes regarding boot interface
> instead of one?

Not suggest, I'm evaluating what options we have available. That's very
different from suggesting. That's the point to this whole topic, pure and
simple evaluation of options.

> Given how long the EFI standard is available now and how buggy many
> vendor's implementations are I don't expect all computers sold in 5
> years will have a usable EFI. This will be true especially for
> consumer devices where no EFI is available today.

Thanks this really helps.

  Luis

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-04-15 15:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 127+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-04-06  2:40 HVMLite / PVHv2 - using x86 EFI boot entry Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-06  9:40 ` David Vrabel
2016-04-06  9:40 ` David Vrabel
2016-04-08 20:40   ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-08 20:40   ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-11  5:12     ` Juergen Gross
2016-04-11  5:12     ` Juergen Gross
2016-04-12 21:02       ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-04-13  9:02         ` Roger Pau Monné
2016-04-13 10:15           ` Matt Fleming
2016-04-13 10:15           ` Matt Fleming
2016-04-13 10:40             ` Matt Fleming
2016-04-13 10:40             ` Matt Fleming
2016-04-13 11:12             ` George Dunlap
2016-04-13 11:12             ` [Xen-devel] " George Dunlap
2016-04-13 11:59             ` Roger Pau Monné
2016-04-15 22:53               ` Matt Fleming
2016-04-15 22:53               ` Matt Fleming
2016-04-13 11:59             ` Roger Pau Monné
2016-04-13  9:02         ` Roger Pau Monné
2016-04-12 21:02       ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-04-13 18:29       ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-13 18:29       ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-13 18:56         ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-13 20:40           ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-13 20:40           ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-13 21:08             ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-13 22:23               ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-14  1:01                 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-14 18:40                   ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-14 18:40                   ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-14 19:56                     ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-14 19:56                       ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-14 20:56                       ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-15  2:02                         ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-15  2:02                         ` [Xen-devel] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-15 17:08                           ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-15 17:08                           ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-15 10:06                         ` Julien Grall
2016-04-15 10:06                         ` [Xen-devel] " Julien Grall
2016-04-15 14:55                           ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-15 18:44                             ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-04-15 18:44                             ` [Xen-devel] " Stefano Stabellini
2016-04-15 14:55                           ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-14 20:56                       ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-14  1:01                 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-13 22:23               ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-06 11:07 ` [Xen-devel] " George Dunlap
2016-04-06 15:02   ` Matt Fleming
2016-04-06 16:05     ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-06 16:23       ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-08 21:53         ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-08 21:53         ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-13 10:03     ` Roger Pau Monné
2016-04-13 10:03     ` [Xen-devel] " Roger Pau Monné
2016-04-13 10:21       ` Matt Fleming
2016-04-13 10:21       ` Matt Fleming
2016-04-06 15:02   ` Matt Fleming
2016-04-07 18:51   ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-08 14:16     ` George Dunlap
2016-04-08 21:58       ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-12 22:12         ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-13 10:05           ` George Dunlap
2016-04-13 18:54             ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-14  9:42               ` George Dunlap
2016-04-14 19:59                 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-14 19:59                 ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-14  9:42               ` George Dunlap
2016-04-13 18:54             ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-13 10:05           ` George Dunlap
2016-04-13 10:25           ` Roger Pau Monné
2016-04-13 10:25           ` [Xen-devel] " Roger Pau Monné
2016-04-13 19:10             ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-13 19:10             ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-12 22:12         ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-13  9:54         ` [Xen-devel] " Roger Pau Monné
2016-04-13 18:50           ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-13 18:50           ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-13 19:02             ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-13 19:14               ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-13 19:22                 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-13 20:01                   ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-13 20:01                   ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-13 20:11                     ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-13 20:35                       ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-13 20:48                         ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-13 20:35                       ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-14 10:13                 ` George Dunlap
2016-04-14 10:13                 ` [Xen-devel] " George Dunlap
2016-04-13 19:14               ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-13  9:54         ` Roger Pau Monné
2016-04-08 21:58       ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-08 14:16     ` George Dunlap
2016-04-13 15:44     ` [Xen-devel] " George Dunlap
2016-04-13 19:52       ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-13 19:52       ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-14  9:53         ` George Dunlap
2016-04-14  9:53         ` [Xen-devel] " George Dunlap
2016-04-14 19:44           ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-14 20:38             ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-14 21:12               ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-14 21:12               ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-15  2:14                 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-15  2:14                   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-14 20:38             ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-15  5:50             ` [Xen-devel] " Juergen Gross
2016-04-15 15:24               ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-15 15:24               ` Luis R. Rodriguez [this message]
2016-04-15  5:50             ` Juergen Gross
2016-04-15  9:59             ` George Dunlap
2016-04-15  9:59             ` [Xen-devel] " George Dunlap
2016-04-15 15:30               ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-15 15:30               ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-15 16:03                 ` George Dunlap
2016-04-15 16:03                 ` [Xen-devel] " George Dunlap
2016-04-15 17:17                   ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-15 17:17                   ` [Xen-devel] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-14 19:44           ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-13 15:44     ` George Dunlap
2016-04-07 18:51   ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-06 11:07 ` George Dunlap
2016-04-06 11:11 ` Daniel Kiper
2016-04-07 19:12   ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-07 19:12   ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-09 17:02   ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-09 17:02   ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-04-06 11:11 ` Daniel Kiper

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