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Re: [Xen-devel] HVMLite / PVHv2 - using x86 EFI boot entry
- To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
- From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:48:01 -0400
- Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxx>, Michael Chang <MChang@xxxxxxxx>, Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@xxxxxxxx>, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>, Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@xxxxxxxxxx>, the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>, Vojtěch Pavlík <vojtech@xxxxxxx>, Gary Lin <GLin@xxxxxxxx>, xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jeffrey Cheung <JCheung@xxxxxxxx>, Charles Arndol <carnold@xxxxxxxx>, Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxx>, Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxxxxx>, George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>, joeyli <jlee@xxxxxxxx>, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>, Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>, Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Delivery-date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 20:49:00 +0000
- List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xen.org>
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 01:35:27PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 1:11 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
> <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> I want to clarify now then what our exist path is, do we need to care
> >> about legacy crap ?
> >
> > exist? Existing?
>
> Sorry I meant 'exit path'.
>
> > And by 'legacy crap' you mean 'pvops' - then the answer is no.
>
> Not pvops -- but hardware without hardware virtualization bells and
> whistles, are we then simply not going to need to support this old
> crap hardware?
Yes, HVMLite means - HVM without QEMU. As in HVM without having to
emulate legacy hardware.
>
> > The big existing use-case of pvops is to boot Linux as initial domain.
> > If we can swap it over to PVH/HVMLite then that frees us from having to
> > use pvops.
>
> Right.
>
> Luis
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