Re: [PATCH v8 0/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Thu Dec 06 2018 - 17:14:48 EST


On 06/12/18 22:58, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> On 12/6/18 4:37 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 10:21:12PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>> Thanks! I should be able to post a Tested-by next Monday. Boris, are
>>> you going to pick it up for 4.21?
>> Boris me or Boris O.?
>>
>> :-)
>>
>
> O. ;-)
>
> There are some minor changes in non-xen x86 code so it would be good to
> get x86 maintainers' ack.

It's not really code, only Kconfig (and I remarked on it just now), but
it doesn't hurt of course.

> And as far as qemu/qboot changes, should we assume that the general
> approach is acceptable? I understand that the patches will probably need
> to go through some iterations but I want to make sure we have a path
> forward there.

Yes, the general approach is fine. I have already reviewed the qboot
parts, I guess we will also want an option ROM similar to
linuxboot/multiboot for SeaBIOS support but that's simple matter of
programming. :)

Paolo