Re: [SeaBIOS] [RFC 0/3] NVDIMM booting support

[Marc Marí]

On Mon, 21 Sep 2015 22:36:43 +0200
Hannes Reinecke  wrote:
> On 09/21/2015 04:58 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > On 21/09/2015 15:14, Marc Marí wrote:
> > > This patch series is not ready for merging. There are things
> > > missing and questions to be answered:
> > > Is it necessary to retrieve any other data from the NVDIMM?
> > > Is there any other nicer (and faster) option for the page table?
> > > Make NVDIMM a compile-time option, as the other devices.
> > > Add some kind of wrapper to the boot files instead of a direct
> > >
> > > vmlinux.
> > > Add NVDIMM boot priority support.
> > > Add support for intitrd and cmdline. Maybe in another NVDIMM,
> > >
> > > or in the same, or through fw_cfg.
> >
> > Perhaps store a CBFS image in the NVDIMM?  That could include the
> > kernel, initrd and cmdline.
>
> Any idea how the standards body envisioned this?
> Surely there's something in there...
>
> Matthew?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hannes

As far as I know, the booting support is planned just for block mode.
And it will probably be designed as booting from an SSD or any other
block device.

And, if I remember correcly, no NVDIMM/NFIT specification mentions
anything about booting.

Thanks
Marc