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

[Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 11:55:24AM +0100, George Dunlap wrote:
> 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?

For Qubes OS I think EFI is good enough here. Any system supporting
PVHv2 also support EFI (right?), so it shouldn't limit anything.

-- 
Best Regards,
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Invisible Things Lab
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

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