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

[Hannes Reinecke]

On 09/21/2015 04:58 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
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> 
> 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
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