On 12/12/18 19:09, Maran Wilson wrote: > On 12/6/2018 1:21 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: >> On 06/12/18 07:02, 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 the need to run firmware. >>> >>> There already exists an ABI to allow this for Xen PVH guests and the ABI >>> is supported by Linux and FreeBSD: >>> >>> https://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable/misc/pvh.html >>> >>> This patch series would enable Qemu to use that same entry point for >>> booting KVM guests. >> Thanks! I should be able to post a Tested-by next Monday. Boris, are >> you going to pick it up for 4.21? > > Hi Paolo, > > Are you still planning on running some testing of your own for these > patches? Should Boris wait to hear from you before moving forward? He can go ahead with v9, I was just curious about it. Paolo
