[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [edk2] [PATCH RFC 0/7] OvmfPkg: make OVMF fully working with Xen
Hi, > Second thought on this. > > The main advantage to have a runtime Pcd over build time static > configuration is that we can use single binary for all OVMF use cases. > However currently Xen hvmloader statically embeds firmware blobs in > itself so it doesn't really matter if OVMF is configurable at runtime. > So this option will not benifit much unless we overhaul toolstack (libxl > and hvmloader) to support loading additional firmware blobs. [ same goes for coreboot btw, there isn't much benefit in switching at runtime ] > > The only other option would be to move those modules to PcAtChipset. > > But, first we'd have to prove that QEMU & KVM are okay with using > > those drivers. > > > > I presume QEMU / KVM will still need enumeration, so they are not likely > to make use of those modules. Correct. cheers, Gerd _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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