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Date:      Fri, 03 Oct 2014 10:02:54 -0700
From:      Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org>
To:        Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: VM unrestricted guest capability required
Message-ID:  <542ED6BE.2060806@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <542ED572.2040008@freebsd.org>
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Hi Allan,

> If/When bhyve gets the UEFI boot stuff to be able to do 'any OS' (from
> my understanding, this is the approach that will be used for Windows),
> would that remove the requirement for UG to boot Linux, if it was booted
> via UEFI?

  It cements the UG requirement even further: UEFI is a form of BIOS 
ROM, which requires starting the VM in x86 real-mode power-on state.

later,

Peter.




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