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

[Paolo Bonzini]

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.

Paolo
> Reorder code to change to long mode less times.
>
> Any other proposals for improvements are appreciated