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From: Marc Orr <marcorr@google.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Zixuan Wang <zxwang42@gmail.com>, kvm list <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Jones <drjones@redhat.com>,
	Erdem Aktas <erdemaktas@google.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	"Singh, Brijesh" <brijesh.singh@amd.com>,
	"Lendacky, Thomas" <Thomas.Lendacky@amd.com>,
	Varad Gautam <varad.gautam@suse.com>,
	Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>,
	bp@suse.de
Subject: Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 00/10] x86_64 UEFI set up process refactor and scripts fixes
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:29:27 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAA03e5E9qBrs3GXZnkxR71-hi0GyvhQMkvbCgqRk8aZ_b=euuA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7ecac5d3-a132-73cd-e5b9-8f35cf946d4b@redhat.com>

On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 8:51 AM Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On 11/16/21 21:40, Zixuan Wang wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > This patch series refactors the x86_64 UEFI set up process, fixes the
> > `run-tests.sh` script to run under UEFI, and improves the boot speed
> > under UEFI. The patches are organized as four parts.
> >
> > The first part (patches 1-3) refactors the x86_64 UEFI set up process.
> > The previous UEFI setup calls arch-specific setup functions twice and
> > generates arch-specific data structure. As Andrew suggested [1], we
> > refactor this process to make only one call to the arch-specific
> > function and generate arch-neutral data structures. This simplifies the
> > set up process and makes it easier to develop UEFI support for other
> > architectures.
> >
> > The second part (patch 4) converts several x86 test cases to
> > position-independent code (PIC) to run under UEFI. This patch is ported
> > from the initial UEFI support patchset [2] with fixes to the 32-bit
> > compilation.
> >
> > The third part (patches 5-8) fixes the UEFI runner scripts. Patch 5
> > sets UEFI OVMF image as read-only. Patch 6 fixes test cases' return
> > code under UEFI, enabling Patch 7-8 to fix the `run-tests.sh` script
> > under UEFI.
> >
> > The fourth part (patches 9-10) improves the boot speed under UEFI.
> > Patch 9 renames the EFI executables to EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI. UEFI OVMF
> > recognizes this file by default and skips the 5-second user input
> > waiting. Patch 10 makes `run-tests.sh` work with this new EFI
> > executable filename.
> >
> > This patchset is based on the `uefi` branch.
>
> Hi, I have now merged this series and the uefi branch into master.
>
> Paolo
>

Excellent! The change to the last patch looks good to me by the way.

      reply	other threads:[~2022-01-18 17:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-11-16 20:40 [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 00/10] x86_64 UEFI set up process refactor and scripts fixes Zixuan Wang
2021-11-16 20:40 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 01/10] x86 UEFI: Remove mixed_mode Zixuan Wang
2021-11-16 20:40 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 02/10] x86 UEFI: Refactor set up process Zixuan Wang
2021-11-16 20:40 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 03/10] x86 AMD SEV: Skip SEV-ES if SEV is unsupported Zixuan Wang
2021-11-16 20:40 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 04/10] x86 UEFI: Convert x86 test cases to PIC Zixuan Wang
2021-11-16 20:40 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 05/10] x86 UEFI: Set UEFI OVMF as readonly Zixuan Wang
2021-11-16 20:40 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 06/10] x86 UEFI: Exit QEMU with return code Zixuan Wang
2021-11-16 20:40 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 07/10] scripts: Generalize EFI check Zixuan Wang
2021-11-16 20:40 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 08/10] x86 UEFI: Make run_tests.sh (mostly) work under UEFI Zixuan Wang
2021-11-16 20:40 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 09/10] x86 UEFI: Improve Boot Speed Zixuan Wang
2021-11-16 20:40 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 10/10] x86 UEFI: Make _NO_FILE_4Uhere_ work w/ BOOTX64.EFI Zixuan Wang
2022-01-18 15:47   ` Paolo Bonzini
2022-01-18 16:51 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 00/10] x86_64 UEFI set up process refactor and scripts fixes Paolo Bonzini
2022-01-18 17:29   ` Marc Orr [this message]

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