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Date:      Thu, 23 Oct 2014 16:31:07 -0700
From:      Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org>
To:        Conrad Rad <cse.cem@gmail.com>
Cc:        Conrad Meyer <conrad.meyer@isilon.com>, "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [PATCH 1/2] bhyve: Support /domain/bootloader configuration for non-FreeBSD guests.
Message-ID:  <54498FBB.5060904@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAG6CVpUUgupe25093ujxgcMK4VrcQWBx9F2z1vFogCxTKKpP6w@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Conrad,

> Unless I'm mistaken, the userspace loaders are still needed to boot
> VMs for now.

  That's correct.

> Will the Bhyve UEFI work be complete before MeetBSD?

  Most likely not.

> And is it going into the FreeBSD 10 release branch, or only in 11?

  It will be MFCable.

> Until that code actually materializes, I think it's important to fix
> libvirt now. This change doesn't break a future Bhyve-that-supports
> EUFI, and it can even be yanked out later if totally redundant.

  Good - I just wanted to make sure this change (or characterization of 
bhyve as PV) wasn't something that would hurt long-term.

later,

Peter.




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