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

[Hannes Reinecke]

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