Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 00/17] [RFC] OvmfPkg: Add support for microvm machine type

2021-09-02 Thread Yao, Jiewen
ups.io; Marc-André Lureau > ; Anthony Perard > ; Ard Biesheuvel ; > Justen, Jordan L ; Julien Grall ; > Stefan Berger > Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 00/17] [RFC] OvmfPkg: Add support for > microvm machine type > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 02:32:45PM +, Yao, Jiewen wr

Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 00/17] [RFC] OvmfPkg: Add support for microvm machine type

2021-09-01 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 02:32:45PM +, Yao, Jiewen wrote: > Thank you. That confirms my guess. > > If you can add all those info in readme, that would be great, especially the > URL https://qemu.readthedocs.io/en/latest/system/i386/microvm.html, as well > as the scope. Current README below (

Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 00/17] [RFC] OvmfPkg: Add support for microvm machine type

2021-08-31 Thread Yao, Jiewen
Thank you. That confirms my guess. If you can add all those info in readme, that would be great, especially the URL https://qemu.readthedocs.io/en/latest/system/i386/microvm.html, as well as the scope. I have not reviewed all detail, and I think it is good idea. Acked-by: Jiewen Yao > -O

Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 00/17] [RFC] OvmfPkg: Add support for microvm machine type

2021-08-31 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 12:23:32PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > Hi Gerd, > > On Tue, 31 Aug 2021 at 11:57, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > > > > This patch series adds basic support for the > > microvm machine type to OVMF. > > > > Can you provide a bit more background on this machine type, and on why

Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 00/17] [RFC] OvmfPkg: Add support for microvm machine type

2021-08-31 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 10:31:31AM +, Yao, Jiewen wrote: > Hi Gerd > I would like to confirm a couple of things: > > -1) Since this is a big new feature, please follow process to submit Bugzilla. > > 0) I hope we can include a readme file to introduce more background and the > scope of the n

Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 00/17] [RFC] OvmfPkg: Add support for microvm machine type

2021-08-31 Thread Yao, Jiewen
Hi Gerd I would like to confirm a couple of things: -1) Since this is a big new feature, please follow process to submit Bugzilla. 0) I hope we can include a readme file to introduce more background and the scope of the new project. 1) What is the device list of microvm? Or do you mean https:/

Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 00/17] [RFC] OvmfPkg: Add support for microvm machine type

2021-08-31 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
Hi Gerd, On Tue, 31 Aug 2021 at 11:57, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > > This patch series adds basic support for the > microvm machine type to OVMF. > Can you provide a bit more background on this machine type, and on why we'd want to support this? Does it have any relation to confidential computing?

[edk2-devel] [PATCH 00/17] [RFC] OvmfPkg: Add support for microvm machine type

2021-08-31 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
This patch series adds basic support for the microvm machine type to OVMF. Working: - uefi shell @ serial console. - direct kernel boot. Comming in followup patches: - virtio-mmio support. - pcie support. TODO: - better timer support. Usage: qemu-system-x86_64 -nographic -M microvm