Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 00/14] Load BIOS via toolstack instead of been embedded in hvmloader.

[Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@xxxxxxxx>]

Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 30.03.16 at 19:22, <JFEHLIG@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Anthony PERARD wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Few changes in V4:
>>>   I leave the ACPI alone and only load the BIOS via libxl now.
>>>
>>>   Detail of changes in each patches.
>>>
>>> I've look at loading the BIOS via the toolstack instead of having them 
>> embedded
>>> in the hvmloader binary. After this patch series, hvmloader compilation 
>> would
>>> be indenpendant from SeaBIOS and OVMF compilation.
>> Hi Anthony, Wei,
>>
>> Any chance this series will make 4.7? AFAICT, there were no major issues in 
>> the
>> reviews. I didn't review all the patches in detail, but have done quite a 
>> bit of
>> testing with this series and haven't noticed any problems (beyond the 
>> current
>> upstream ovmf breakage with Xen).
> 
> I'm afraid the primary issue here is reviewing bandwidth: While
> the hvmloader parts are on my list of things to look at

And these are precisely the patches I just skimmed over, since I'm not familiar
with hvmloader.

Jim

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