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xen: update README to mention MiniOS
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Signed-off-by: Fernando Rodrigues <[email protected]>
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SigmaSquadron committed Sep 19, 2024
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- For the pre-fetched QEMU, use `qemu`.
- For SeaBIOS, use `seabios`.
- For OVMF, use `ovmf`.
- For MiniOS, use `minios`.
- For iPXE, use `ipxe`.
1. `description` is a string with uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and
dashes. It describes the patch name and what it does to the upstream code.
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By default, Xen also builds
[QEMU](https://www.qemu.org/),
[SeaBIOS](https://www.seabios.org/SeaBIOS),
[OVMF](https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/OVMF) and
[OVMF](https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/OVMF),
[Mini-OS](https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Mini-OS) and
[iPXE](https://ipxe.org/).

- QEMU is used for stubdomains and handling devices.
- SeaBIOS is the default legacy BIOS ROM for HVM domains.
- OVMF is the default UEFI ROM for HVM domains.
- MiniOS includes the building blocks for minimal Xen Stub Domains.
- iPXE provides a PXE boot environment for HVMs.

However, those packages are already available on Nixpkgs, and Xen does not
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