Re: [Xen-users] Load Xen domU (guest) kernel over TFTP

[Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>]

On 01/02/2020 04:54, pierre-philipp braun wrote:
> > On 31/01/2020 12:30, Pierre-Philipp Braun wrote:
> > > Just a workaround, mbootpack allows you to compact both kernels into
> > > one. It was used a while ago to deal with bootloaders without
> > > Multiboot. Not super flexible solution, but a workaround
> > Is it going to work on Arm as well?
> Hmm.  What method is actually used to boot xen and dom0 kernels on ARM
> (without considering PXE)?
It is a custom protocol for Xen based on Device-Tree [1]. While we also 
call it multiboot, this is not the same as the x86 version.
> In case we have Multiboot kernels and modules for ARM, it might still be
> worth a try, as U-Boot probably knows how to handle a standard Linux
> kernel file format, which Mbootpack delivers.
I am assuming you are refererring to [2]. Looking at the code, it would 
need to be adapt for Arm (there is some assembly and Image/zImage format 
is not supported).
However, I am not entirely sure how this would solve the problem here. 
Even if you manage to pack the two kernels, how do you pass it to the guest?
Cheers,

[1] https://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt
[2] https://github.com/timdeegan/mbootpack

>
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Julien Grall

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