linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] docs: geniezone: Introduce GenieZone hypervisor

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Date:   Mon, 22 May 2023 05:45:24 +0000
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] docs: geniezone: Introduce GenieZone hypervisor

On Fri, 2023-05-12 at 18:51 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
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> 
> Hi!
> 
> > GenieZone is MediaTek proprietary hypervisor solution, and it is
> > running
> > in EL2 stand alone as a type-I hypervisor. It is a pure EL2
> > implementation which implies it does not rely any specific host VM,
> > and
> > this behavior improves GenieZone's security as it limits its
> > interface.
> > +++ b/Documentation/virt/geniezone/introduction.rst
> > @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
> > +Platform Virtualization
> > +=======================
> > +We leverages arm64's timer virtualization and gic virtualization
> > for timer and
> > +interrupts controller.
> 
> 'interrupt'.
> 
Noted.

> > +Device Virtualizaton
> > +====================
> > +We adopts VMM's virtio devices emulations by passing io trap to
> > VMM, and virtio
> 
> 'adopt', 'device emulation'
> 
Noted.

> > +is a well-known and widely used virtual device implementation.
> > +
> 
> Plus, I'd expect documentation to be more detailed or have pointer
> where
> to learn more.
> 
> BR,                                                     Pavel
> 
> --
Sure, we tend to enumerate the high-level features of GenieZone and the
design considerations of each module on the next version of our
documentation.