Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v9 0/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

2018-12-14 Thread Boris Ostrovsky
On 12/10/18 2:05 PM, Maran Wilson wrote: > For certain applications it is desirable to rapidly boot a KVM virtual > machine. In cases where legacy hardware and software support within the > guest is not needed, Qemu should be able to boot directly into the > uncompressed Linux kernel binary without

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v9 0/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

2018-12-13 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 12/12/18 21:39, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 11:29:21AM -0800, Maran Wilson wrote: >> Is your question about what options you need to provide to Qemu? Or is your >> question about the SW implementation choices? >> >> Assuming the former... > Yeah, that's what I wanted to know

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v9 0/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

2018-12-12 Thread Maran Wilson
On 12/12/2018 12:39 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote: On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 11:29:21AM -0800, Maran Wilson wrote: Is your question about what options you need to provide to Qemu? Or is your question about the SW implementation choices? Assuming the former... Yeah, that's what I wanted to know. Bu

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v9 0/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

2018-12-12 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 11:29:21AM -0800, Maran Wilson wrote: > Is your question about what options you need to provide to Qemu? Or is your > question about the SW implementation choices? > > Assuming the former... Yeah, that's what I wanted to know. But looking at it, I'm booting bzImage here ju

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v9 0/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

2018-12-11 Thread Maran Wilson
On 12/11/2018 5:18 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote: On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 11:05:34AM -0800, Maran Wilson wrote: For certain applications it is desirable to rapidly boot a KVM virtual machine. In cases where legacy hardware and software support within the guest is not needed, Qemu should be able to b

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v9 0/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

2018-12-11 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 11:05:34AM -0800, Maran Wilson wrote: > For certain applications it is desirable to rapidly boot a KVM virtual > machine. In cases where legacy hardware and software support within the > guest is not needed, Qemu should be able to boot directly into the > uncompressed Linux

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v9 0/7] KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point

2018-12-10 Thread Maran Wilson
For certain applications it is desirable to rapidly boot a KVM virtual machine. In cases where legacy hardware and software support within the guest is not needed, Qemu should be able to boot directly into the uncompressed Linux kernel binary without the need to run firmware. There already exists