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

[Marc Marí]

On Mon, 21 Sep 2015 22:36:43 +0200
Hannes Reinecke <hare at suse.de> 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