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Michal Privoznik
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Up to now, users can configure BIOS via the <loader/> element. With the upcoming implementation of UEFI this is not enough as BIOS and UEFI are conceptually different. For instance, while BIOS is ROM, UEFI is programmable flash (although all writes to code section are denied). Therefore we need new attribute @type which will differentiate the two. Then, new attribute @readonly is introduced to reflect the fact that some images are RO. Moreover, the OVMF (which is going to be used mostly), works in two modes: 1) Code and UEFI variable store is mixed in one file. 2) Code and UEFI variable store is separated in two files The latter has advantage of updating the UEFI code without losing the configuration. However, in order to represent the latter case we need yet another XML element: <nvram/>. Currently, it has no additional attributes, it's just a bare element containing path to the variable store file. Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com> Acked-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
LibVirt : simple API for virtualization
Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities
of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). It is free software
available under the GNU Lesser General Public License. Virtualization of
the Linux Operating System means the ability to run multiple instances of
Operating Systems concurrently on a single hardware system where the basic
resources are driven by a Linux instance. The library aim at providing
long term stable C API initially for the Xen paravirtualization but
should be able to integrate other virtualization mechanisms if needed.
Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>