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[Xen-devel] [PATCH] [PATCH v2] Add the bios option



diff -r adcd6ab160fa -r 20ea6f881776 docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5
--- a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5     Thu Feb 23 10:29:27 2012 +0000
+++ b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5     Fri Feb 24 18:19:56 2012 +0000
@@ -430,6 +430,12 @@ accept the defaults for these options wh
 
 =over 4
 
+=item B<bios="STRING">
+
+Load the specified BIOS in HVMLOADER. By default, HVMLOADER will try
+to do a guess about the BIOS to run, but sometimes it may be useful
+to force a different one, like OVMF UEFI.
+
 =item B<pae=BOOLEAN>
 
 Hide or expose the IA32 Physical Address Extensions. These extensions
diff -r adcd6ab160fa -r 20ea6f881776 tools/libxl/libxl_create.c
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c        Thu Feb 23 10:29:27 2012 +0000
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c        Fri Feb 24 18:19:56 2012 +0000
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ int libxl_init_build_info(libxl_ctx *ctx
     case LIBXL_DOMAIN_TYPE_HVM:
         b_info->video_memkb = 8 * 1024;
         b_info->u.hvm.firmware = NULL;
+        b_info->u.hvm.bios = 0;
         b_info->u.hvm.pae = 1;
         b_info->u.hvm.apic = 1;
         b_info->u.hvm.acpi = 1;
diff -r adcd6ab160fa -r 20ea6f881776 tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c    Thu Feb 23 10:29:27 2012 +0000
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c    Fri Feb 24 18:19:56 2012 +0000
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ const char *libxl__domain_device_model(l
 static const char *libxl__domain_bios(libxl__gc *gc,
                                 const libxl_domain_build_info *info)
 {
+    if (info->u.hvm.bios)
+       return libxl_bios_types_to_string(info->u.hvm.bios);
     switch (info->device_model_version) {
     case 1: return "rombios";
     case 2: return "seabios";
diff -r adcd6ab160fa -r 20ea6f881776 tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl       Thu Feb 23 10:29:27 2012 +0000
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl       Fri Feb 24 18:19:56 2012 +0000
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ libxl_timer_mode = Enumeration("timer_mo
     (3, "one_missed_tick_pending"),
     ])
 
+libxl_bios_types = Enumeration("bios_types", [
+    (1, "rombios"),
+    (2, "seabios"),
+    (3, "ovmf"),
+    ])
+
 #
 # Complex libxl types
 #
@@ -228,6 +234,7 @@ libxl_domain_build_info = Struct("domain
 
     ("u", KeyedUnion(None, libxl_domain_type, "type",
                 [("hvm", Struct(None, [("firmware", string),
+                                       ("bios", libxl_bios_types),
                                        ("pae", bool),
                                        ("apic", bool),
                                        ("acpi", bool),
diff -r adcd6ab160fa -r 20ea6f881776 tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
--- a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c  Thu Feb 23 10:29:27 2012 +0000
+++ b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c  Fri Feb 24 18:19:56 2012 +0000
@@ -704,6 +704,12 @@ static void parse_config_data(const char
 
         xlu_cfg_replace_string (config, "firmware_override",
                                 &b_info->u.hvm.firmware, 0);
+        if (!xlu_cfg_get_string(config, "bios", &buf, 0) &&
+            libxl_bios_types_from_string(buf, &b_info->u.hvm.bios)) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: invalid value \"%s\" for \"bios\"\n",
+                    buf);
+                exit (1);
+        }
         if (!xlu_cfg_get_long (config, "pae", &l, 0))
             b_info->u.hvm.pae = l;
         if (!xlu_cfg_get_long (config, "apic", &l, 0))

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