From: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
To: Dario Faggioli <dario.faggioli@citrix.com>
Cc: xen-devel@lists.xen.org,
Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>,
Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 05/14] libxl: Load guest BIOS from file
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 17:24:38 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160317172438.GE27408@perard.uk.xensource.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1458120445.3102.805.camel@citrix.com>
On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 10:27:25AM +0100, Dario Faggioli wrote:
> On Tue, 2016-03-15 at 20:53 -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 05:55:40PM +0000, Anthony PERARD wrote:
> > >
> > > --- a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5
> > > +++ b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5
> > > @@ -1121,6 +1121,15 @@ Requires device_model_version=qemu-xen.
> > >
> > > =back
> > >
> > > +=item B<bios_override="PATH">
> > Perhaps 'bios_override_path' ?
> >
> Or 'bios_path_override' ?
>
> Wow, a French, an Italian and a Polish arguing about best looking
> English-ish words... This must be a (bad) joke! :-P :-P
:)
To be honest, I just try to do the same as what is done for
"device_model_override". I even copied over the description, replacing
"binary" by "blob".
Maybe bios_path_override would be a good name, would this name can be
describe as "override bios_path"? At least that would not make someone
beleave that the bios= config option itself is overridden.
> > > +
> > > +Override the path to the blob to be used as BIOS. The blob
> > > provided here MUST
> > Perhaps:
> >
> > Override the path to search for the B<bios=>?
> >
> AFAIUI, B<bios=> does not contain an exact file name, but the
> indication of what kind of BIOS we want. Therefore, referencing it
> directly like this may be confusing (IMHO).
That's right, value can only be "rombios" or "seabios" or "ovmf".
> So, maybe something like: "Override the path at which to look for the
> BIOS binary. Such binary MUST be consistent with what has been
> specified in B<bios=>."
>
> > Or is this the full path including the name?? In which case should it
> > mention that B<bios=> is overriden?
> >
> If that is the case, indeed.
Yes this new config option is the full path. But it does not override
bios=.
If someone start a guest with this:
bios="seabios"
bios_override="/usr/share/ovmf/ovmf_x64.bin"
it's going to fail.
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Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-14 17:55 [PATCH v4 00/14] Load BIOS via toolstack instead of been embedded in hvmloader Anthony PERARD
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 01/14] libxc: Rework extra module initialisation Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16 0:06 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-17 16:24 ` Anthony PERARD
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 02/14] libxc: Prepare a start info structure for hvmloader Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16 0:18 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-16 18:01 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-03-17 16:48 ` Anthony PERARD
2016-03-17 16:28 ` Anthony PERARD
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 03/14] configure: #define SEABIOS_PATH and OVMF_PATH Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16 0:20 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-08 13:38 ` Wei Liu
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 04/14] firmware/makefile: install BIOS blob Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16 0:26 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-16 8:54 ` Dario Faggioli
2016-03-16 8:56 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-17 16:58 ` Anthony PERARD
2016-03-17 17:37 ` Doug Goldstein
2016-03-17 18:33 ` Anthony PERARD
2016-03-18 21:11 ` Jim Fehlig
2016-03-19 0:43 ` Doug Goldstein
2016-04-18 14:31 ` Doug Goldstein
2016-04-19 13:11 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 05/14] libxl: Load guest BIOS from file Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16 0:53 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-16 9:27 ` Dario Faggioli
2016-03-17 17:24 ` Anthony PERARD [this message]
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 06/14] xen: Move the hvm_start_info C representation from libxc to public/xen.h Anthony PERARD
2016-03-15 8:09 ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-16 0:59 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-16 1:00 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-16 8:32 ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-21 17:04 ` Roger Pau Monné
2016-03-21 17:21 ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 07/14] hvmloader: Grab the hvm_start_info pointer Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16 1:07 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-05 12:43 ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 08/14] hvmloader: Locate the BIOS blob Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16 1:14 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-17 17:46 ` Anthony PERARD
2016-03-17 17:57 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-18 7:34 ` Jan Beulich
2016-04-05 12:59 ` Jan Beulich
2016-04-05 14:05 ` Roger Pau Monné
2016-04-05 14:23 ` Jan Beulich
2016-04-07 15:10 ` Anthony PERARD
2016-04-07 15:30 ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 09/14] hvmloader: Check modules whereabouts in perform_tests Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16 1:23 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-17 18:08 ` Anthony PERARD
2016-04-05 13:07 ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 10/14] hvmloader: Load SeaBIOS from hvm_start_info modules Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16 1:27 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-16 1:27 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-05 13:11 ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 11/14] hvmloader: Load OVMF from modules Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16 1:36 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-05 13:16 ` Jan Beulich
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 12/14] hvmloader: Specific bios_load function required Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16 1:38 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-03-17 18:25 ` Anthony PERARD
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 13/14] hvmloader: Always build-in SeaBIOS and OVMF loader Anthony PERARD
2016-03-14 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 14/14] configure: do not depend on SEABIOS_PATH or OVMF_PATH Anthony PERARD
2016-03-16 1:40 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-08 13:38 ` Wei Liu
2016-03-24 17:55 ` [PATCH v4 00/14] Load BIOS via toolstack instead of been embedded in hvmloader Jim Fehlig
2016-03-30 17:22 ` Jim Fehlig
2016-03-31 7:20 ` Jan Beulich
[not found] ` <56FCEBCD02000078000E19BF@suse.com>
2016-03-31 14:36 ` Jim Fehlig
2016-03-31 16:49 ` George Dunlap
2016-04-01 9:12 ` George Dunlap
2016-04-01 14:24 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-04-01 20:06 ` Jim Fehlig
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