linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] arm: introduce a DTS for Xen unprivileged virtual machines

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Message-ID: <20120920112102.GD2117@linaro.org>
Date:	Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:21:02 +0100
From:	Dave Martin <dave.martin@...aro.org>
To:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
Cc:	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>,
	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com, Ian.Campbell@...rix.com,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>, konrad.wilk@...cle.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] arm: introduce a DTS for Xen unprivileged
 virtual machines

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:45:57AM +0100, David Vrabel wrote:
> On 19/09/12 18:44, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/vexpress-xenvm-4.2.dts
> 
> Does this make sense?  There is no fixed configuration for VMs.
> 
> Is the intention to pass a DTS to the toolstack for it to create the VM
> with the appropriate amount of memory and peripheral mapped to the right
> place etc?  Or is the toolstack going to create the VM and generate the
> DTB from (e.g.,) an xl VM configuration file.
> 
> > +
> > +	hypervisor {
> > +		compatible = "xen,xen-4.2", "xen,xen";
> > +		reg = <0xb0000000 0x20000>;
> > +		interrupts = <1 15 0xf08>;
> > +	};
> 
> This node needs to be generated by the toolstack as only it knows what
> ABI the hypervisor has.

That's a good point: the same applies to the command line.  The toolstack
knows where the console and root device should be etc.: the kernel itself
shouldn't have static defaults for those.

Cheers
---Dave
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