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

Paolo Bonzini pbonzini at redhat.com
Mon Sep 21 14:58:31 CET 2015



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



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