tinfo));
I'm checking to see if that has any implications for the kernel side.
Regards,
Liam
On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 9:07 PM Liam Merwick wrote:
For certain applications it is desirable to rapidly boot a KVM virtual
machine. In cases where legacy hardware and software support within th
On 02/01/2019 13:06, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 08:03:49PM +, Liam Merwick wrote:
diff --git a/include/hw/elf_ops.h b/include/hw/elf_ops.h
index 74679ff8da3a..37d20a3800c1 100644
--- a/include/hw/elf_ops.h
+++ b/include/hw/elf_ops.h
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ fail
On 02/01/2019 13:12, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 08:03:50PM +, Liam Merwick wrote:
+while (note_type != elf_note_type) {
+nhdr_namesz = nhdr->n_namesz;
+nhdr_descsz = nhdr->n_descsz;
+
+elf_note_entry_offset = nhd
On 02/01/2019 13:18, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 08:03:52PM +, Liam Merwick wrote:
@@ -1336,7 +1470,7 @@ void pc_memory_init(PCMachineState *pcms,
int linux_boot, i;
MemoryRegion *ram, *option_rom_mr;
MemoryRegion *ram_below_4g, *ram_above_4g
Hi Stefano,
On 10/01/2019 15:12, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
On Wed, Jan 09, 2019 at 01:18:12PM -0800, Maran Wilson wrote:
On 1/9/2019 11:53 AM, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
On 1/9/19 6:53 AM, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
Hi Liam,
On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 3:47 PM Liam Merwick wrote:
QEMU sets the
linux_startup_64: 94.531349 (+57.851987)
linux_start_kernel: 94.900913 (+0.369564)
linux_start_user: 401.060971 (+306.160058)
QEMU + bzImage:
qemu_init_end: 30.424430
linux_startup_64: 893.770334 (+863.345904)
linux_start_kernel: 894.17049 (+0.400156)
linux_start_user: 1208.679768 (+314.5092
te_fn' parameter
added in the previous commit.
Signed-off-by: Liam Merwick
---
include/hw/elf_ops.h | 75
1 file changed, 75 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/hw/elf_ops.h b/include/hw/elf_ops.h
index 3438d6f69e8d..690f9238c8cc 100644
---
rnel binary in order to discover the
boot entry address for the x86/HVM direct boot ABI.
Signed-off-by: Liam Merwick
---
hw/alpha/dp264.c | 4 ++--
hw/arm/armv7m.c| 3 ++-
hw/arm/boot.c | 2 +-
hw/core/generic-loader.c | 2
-by: George Kennedy
Signed-off-by: Liam Merwick
---
hw/i386/pc.c | 135 ++
include/elf.h | 10 +
2 files changed, 145 insertions(+)
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index 73d688f84239..6d549950a044 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
From: Liam Merwick
The x86/HVM direct boot ABI permits Qemu to be able to boot directly
into the uncompressed Linux kernel binary with minimal firmware involvement.
https://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable/misc/pvh.html
This commit adds the header file that defines the start_info struct
From: Stefano Garzarella
When initrd is specified, load and expose it to the guest firmware
through fw_cfg. The firmware will fill the hvm_start_info for the
kernel.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella
Based-on: <1545422632-2-5-git-send-email-liam.merw...@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by
On 21/01/2019 02:31, no-re...@patchew.org wrote:
Patchew URL:
https://patchew.org/QEMU/1547554687-12687-1-git-send-email-liam.merw...@oracle.com/
...>
CC dma-helpers.o
CC vl.o
/tmp/qemu-test/src/block/sheepdog.c: In function 'find_vdi_name':
/tmp/qemu-test/src/block/sheepdog.c:
From: Liam Merwick
The x86/HVM direct boot ABI permits Qemu to be able to boot directly
into the uncompressed Linux kernel binary without the need to run firmware.
https://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable/misc/pvh.html
This commit adds the header file that defines the start_info struct
: Liam Merwick
---
hw/i386/pc.c | 72
1 file changed, 72 insertions(+)
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index 056aa46d99b9..d3012cbd8597 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
#include "sysemu/qt
From: Liam Merwick
Add support to read the PVH Entry address from an ELF note in the
uncompressed kernel binary (as defined by the x86/HVM direct boot ABI).
This 32-bit entry point will be used by QEMU to load the kernel in the
guest and jump into the kernel entry point.
For now, a call to this
349 (+57.851987)
linux_start_kernel: 94.900913 (+0.369564)
linux_start_user: 401.060971 (+306.160058)
QEMU + bzImage:
qemu_init_end: 30.424430
linux_startup_64: 893.770334 (+863.345904)
linux_start_kernel: 894.17049 (+0.400156)
linux_start_user: 1208.679768 (+314.509278)
Liam Merwick (3):
On 11/12/2018 14:01, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
On Wed, Dec 05, 2018 at 10:37:24PM +, Liam Merwick wrote:
From: Liam Merwick
The x86/HVM direct boot ABI permits Qemu to be able to boot directly
into the uncompressed Linux kernel binary without the need to run firmware.
https
rnel binary in order to discover the
boot entry address for the x86/HVM direct boot ABI.
Signed-off-by: Liam Merwick
---
hw/alpha/dp264.c | 4 ++--
hw/arm/armv7m.c| 3 ++-
hw/arm/boot.c | 2 +-
hw/core/generic-loader.c | 2
349 (+57.851987)
linux_start_kernel: 94.900913 (+0.369564)
linux_start_user: 401.060971 (+306.160058)
QEMU + bzImage:
qemu_init_end: 30.424430
linux_startup_64: 893.770334 (+863.345904)
linux_start_kernel: 894.17049 (+0.400156)
linux_start_user: 1208.679768 (+314.509278)
Liam Merwick (4):
el
Thanks Stefan for the review - comments inline.
On 11/12/2018 14:17, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
On Wed, Dec 05, 2018 at 10:37:25PM +, Liam Merwick wrote:
From: Liam Merwick
Add support to read the PVH Entry address from an ELF note in the
uncompressed kernel binary (as defined by the x86/HVM
On 11/12/2018 14:57, Liam Merwick wrote:
On 11/12/2018 14:01, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
On Wed, Dec 05, 2018 at 10:37:24PM +, Liam Merwick wrote:
From: Liam Merwick
The x86/HVM direct boot ABI permits Qemu to be able to boot directly
into the uncompressed Linux kernel binary without the
Introduce a routine which, given a pointer to a range of ELF Notes,
searches through them looking for a note matching the type specified
and returns a pointer to the matching ELF note.
Signed-off-by: Liam Merwick
---
include/hw/elf_ops.h | 50
-by: George Kennedy
Signed-off-by: Liam Merwick
---
hw/i386/pc.c | 136 +-
include/elf.h | 10 +
2 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index 115bc2825ce4..6d44a14da44d 100644
--- a/hw
From: Liam Merwick
The x86/HVM direct boot ABI permits Qemu to be able to boot directly
into the uncompressed Linux kernel binary with minimal firmware involvement.
https://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable/misc/pvh.html
This commit adds the header file that defines the start_info struct
;)
Reported-by: Ross Philipson
Signed-off-by: Liam Merwick
Reviewed-by: Mark Kanda
---
drivers/xen/grant-table.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/xen/grant-table.c b/drivers/xen/grant-table.c
index 84575baceebc..97341fa75458 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/g
'value' is not null before passing it to trace_xs_node_read().
Fixes: e6cdeee95990 ("hw/xen: Add xs_node_read() helper function")
Signed-off-by: Liam Merwick
---
hw/xen/xen-bus-helper.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/hw/xen/xen-bus-help
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