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For certain applications it is desirable to rapidly boot a KVM virtual
machine. In cases where legacy hardware and software support within the
guest is not needed, Qemu should be able to boot directly into the
uncompressed Linux kernel binary without the need to run firmware.
There already exists an ABI to allow this for Xen PVH guests and the ABI
is supported by Linux and FreeBSD:
https://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable/misc/pvh.html
This patch enables Qemu to use that same entry point for booting KVM
guests.
Signed-off-by: Maran Wilson <maran.wilson@oracle.com>
Suggested-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Suggested-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Tested-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
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We need to refactor PVH entry code so that support for other hypervisors
like Qemu/KVM can be added more easily.
The original design for PVH entry in Xen guests relies on being able to
obtain the memory map from the hypervisor using a hypercall. When we
extend the PVH entry ABI to support other hypervisors like Qemu/KVM,
a new mechanism will be added that allows the guest to get the memory
map without needing to use hypercalls.
For Xen guests, the hypercall approach will still be supported. In
preparation for adding support for other hypervisors, we can move the
code that uses hypercalls into the Xen specific file. This will allow us
to compile kernels in the future without CONFIG_XEN that are still capable
of being booted as a Qemu/KVM guest via the PVH entry point.
Signed-off-by: Maran Wilson <maran.wilson@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
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We need to refactor PVH entry code so that support for other hypervisors
like Qemu/KVM can be added more easily.
This patch moves the small block of code used for initializing Xen PVH
virtual machines into the Xen specific file. This initialization is not
going to be needed for Qemu/KVM guests. Moving it out of the common file
is going to allow us to compile kernels in the future without CONFIG_XEN
that are still capable of being booted as a Qemu/KVM guest via the PVH
entry point.
Signed-off-by: Maran Wilson <maran.wilson@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
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We need to refactor PVH entry code so that support for other hypervisors
like Qemu/KVM can be added more easily.
The first step in that direction is to create a new file that will
eventually hold the Xen specific routines.
Signed-off-by: Maran Wilson <maran.wilson@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
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Once hypervisors other than Xen start using the PVH entry point for
starting VMs, we would like the option of being able to compile PVH entry
capable kernels without enabling CONFIG_XEN and all the code that comes
along with that. To allow that, we are moving the PVH code out of Xen and
into files sitting at a higher level in the tree.
This patch is not introducing any code or functional changes, just moving
files from one location to another.
Signed-off-by: Maran Wilson <maran.wilson@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
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