From: George Dunlap <dunlapg@umich.edu>
To: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>,
Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>,
Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>,
"xen-devel@lists.xen.org" <xen-devel@lists.xen.org>,
Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com>,
Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/14] Load BIOS via toolstack instead of been embedded in hvmloader.
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 17:49:23 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFLBxZb+F3zbUYSvuC8QOvOstknY4v6SeL-AUgniUF_SWVSo1g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56FD35E6.4090504@suse.com>
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com> wrote:
> Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>>> On 30.03.16 at 19:22, <JFEHLIG@suse.com> wrote:
>>> Anthony PERARD wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Few changes in V4:
>>>> I leave the ACPI alone and only load the BIOS via libxl now.
>>>>
>>>> Detail of changes in each patches.
>>>>
>>>> I've look at loading the BIOS via the toolstack instead of having them
>>> embedded
>>>> in the hvmloader binary. After this patch series, hvmloader compilation
>>> would
>>>> be indenpendant from SeaBIOS and OVMF compilation.
>>> Hi Anthony, Wei,
>>>
>>> Any chance this series will make 4.7? AFAICT, there were no major issues in
>>> the
>>> reviews. I didn't review all the patches in detail, but have done quite a
>>> bit of
>>> testing with this series and haven't noticed any problems (beyond the
>>> current
>>> upstream ovmf breakage with Xen).
>>
>> I'm afraid the primary issue here is reviewing bandwidth: While
>> the hvmloader parts are on my list of things to look at
>
> And these are precisely the patches I just skimmed over, since I'm not familiar
> with hvmloader.
Hmm, I probably could have reviewed it if I'd known a bit earlier.
Unfortunately I don't work for Citrix tomorrow.
-George
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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
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 [this message]
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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