Re: [Xen-devel] Uniform commands for booting xen

[Andrei Borzenkov <arvidjaar@xxxxxxxxx>]

12.11.2015 18:44, Jan Beulich ÐÐÑÐÑ:
> > > > On 12.11.15 at 14:41, <phcoder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hello, all. I'd like to have set of commands that would boot xen on all
> > platforms. I thought of following set:
> >
> > xen_hypervisor FILE XEN_OPTIONS
> > xen_kernel FILE KERNEL_OPTIONS
> > xen_initrd INITRD INITRD INITRD
> > all initrds are concatenated.
> > xen_xsm ???
> xen_ucode (and we might add more going forward). I don't see
> why the multiboot mechanism (kernel plus any number of modules)
> can't be used, without adding any Xen-specific directives.
Loader commands traditionally reflected underlying protocol. Using 
multiboot command in this case would be confusing as this is not 
multiboot. But I agree that it is becoming ridiculous. Probably
xen_kernel
xen_module

would be enough.

> Jan
>
> > On arm64 it would use the arm64 xen FDT protocol but on x86 should we
> > use multiboot2 if multiboot2 header is present and multiboot otherwise?
> > Or do xen devs have other preferences?
>
>
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