Re: [Xen-devel] (pv)?grub and PVHv2

[George Dunlap <dunlapg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 02, 2017 at 11:33:50AM +0200, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there any method to boot PVHv2 domain using a kernel fetched from
>> that domain's disk image, _without_ mounting it in dom0? Something like
>> pvgrub was for PV.
>
> Hello,
>
> Anthony (Cced) is working on an OVMF port, so it can be used as
> firmware for PVHv2 guests.

I think in theory it shouldn't be too hard to port the pvgrub2 code to
boot into PVH, since it already boots in PV, right?

Is this something we should try to encourage, or do you think it would
be better to route everyone through EFI?

 -George

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