linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v5 0/4] x86: Add the support of ACRN guest under x86

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1904250020140.1762@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Thu, 25 Apr 2019 00:20:32 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao@...el.com>
cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, bp@...en8.de
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v5 0/4] x86: Add the support of ACRN guest under
 x86

On Wed, 24 Apr 2019, Zhao Yakui wrote:

> ACRN is a flexible, lightweight reference hypervisor, built with real-time
> and safety-criticality in mind, optimized to streamline embedded development
> through an open source platform. It is built for embedded IOT with small
> footprint and real-time features. More details can be found
> in https://projectacrn.org/
> 
> This is the patch set that allows the Linux to work on ACRN hypervisor and it can
> work with the following patch set to manage the Linux guest on ACRN hypervisor. It
> includes the detection of ACRN hypervisor, upcall notification vector from
> hypervisor, hypercall. The hypervisor detection is similar to Xen/VMWARE/Hyperv.
> ACRN also uses the upcall notification mechanism similar to that in Xen/Microsoft
> HyperV when it needs to send the notification to Linux OS. The hypercall provides
> the mechanism that can be used to query/configure the ACRN hypervisor by Linux guest.

Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>