Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 08/16] SUPPORT.md: Add x86-specific virtual hardware

2017-11-22 Thread George Dunlap
On 11/22/2017 11:11 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: On 21.11.17 at 19:02, wrote: >> On 11/21/2017 08:39 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: >> On 13.11.17 at 16:41, wrote: +### x86/Nested PV + +Status, x86 HVM: Tech Preview + +This means running a Xen hypervisor inside an HVM doma

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 08/16] SUPPORT.md: Add x86-specific virtual hardware

2017-11-22 Thread George Dunlap
On 11/22/2017 11:11 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: +### x86/HVM EFI + +Status: Supported + +Booting a guest via guest EFI firmware >>> >>> Shouldn't this say OVMF, to avoid covering possible other >>> implementations? >> >> I don't expect that we'll ever need more than one EFI

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 08/16] SUPPORT.md: Add x86-specific virtual hardware

2017-11-22 Thread George Dunlap
On 11/22/2017 11:11 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: On 21.11.17 at 19:02, wrote: >> On 11/21/2017 08:39 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: >> On 13.11.17 at 16:41, wrote: +### x86/Nested PV + +Status, x86 HVM: Tech Preview + +This means running a Xen hypervisor inside an HVM doma

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 08/16] SUPPORT.md: Add x86-specific virtual hardware

2017-11-22 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 21.11.17 at 19:02, wrote: > On 11/21/2017 08:39 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 13.11.17 at 16:41, wrote: >>> +### x86/Nested PV >>> + >>> +Status, x86 HVM: Tech Preview >>> + >>> +This means running a Xen hypervisor inside an HVM domain, >>> +with support for PV L2 guests only >>> +(i

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 08/16] SUPPORT.md: Add x86-specific virtual hardware

2017-11-21 Thread George Dunlap
On 11/21/2017 08:39 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: On 13.11.17 at 16:41, wrote: >> +### x86/Nested PV >> + >> +Status, x86 HVM: Tech Preview >> + >> +This means running a Xen hypervisor inside an HVM domain, >> +with support for PV L2 guests only >> +(i.e., hardware virtualization extensions not

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 08/16] SUPPORT.md: Add x86-specific virtual hardware

2017-11-21 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 13.11.17 at 16:41, wrote: > +### x86/Nested PV > + > +Status, x86 HVM: Tech Preview > + > +This means running a Xen hypervisor inside an HVM domain, > +with support for PV L2 guests only > +(i.e., hardware virtualization extensions not provided > +to the guest). > + > +This works, but h

[Xen-devel] [PATCH 08/16] SUPPORT.md: Add x86-specific virtual hardware

2017-11-13 Thread George Dunlap
x86-specific virtual hardware provided by the hypervisor, toolstack, or QEMU. Signed-off-by: George Dunlap --- Added emulated QEMU support, to replace docs/misc/qemu-xen-security. Need to figure out what to do with the "backing storage image format" section of that document. CC: Ian Jackson CC