Re: [PATCH v2 12/13] hyperv: add MSHV Dom0 root-partition boot enablement (EFI HvLoader)

From: Wei Liu

Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 14:56:53 EST


On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 12:45:06PM +0000, Wei Hu wrote:
> From: Wei Hu <weh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Port the EFI HvLoader protocol handshake (efi-mshv stub + SETUP_MSHV) and
> the hyperv_resvd_new memory reservation so an upstream kernel can boot as
> a Microsoft Hypervisor (MSHV) root partition. Mainline lacks this
> Linux-side enablement, so lxhvloader declines to hand off a stock kernel
> as root.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wei Hu <weh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This patch should be dropped from this series.

I don't think we should modify the EFI stub yet. We should explore other
methods first.

Thanks,
Wei