linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v12 03/24] dt-bindings: hypervisor: Add MediaTek GenieZone hypervisor

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Message-ID: <620a0368b25708842007cede107baa21a7370c24.camel@mediatek.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 02:47:23 +0000
From: Liju-clr Chen (陳麗如)
	<Liju-clr.Chen@...iatek.com>
To: "hdanton@...a.com" <hdanton@...a.com>
CC: Ze-yu Wang (王澤宇) <Ze-yu.Wang@...iatek.com>,
	"will@...nel.org" <will@...nel.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org"
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Yingshiuan Pan (潘穎軒)
	<Yingshiuan.Pan@...iatek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 03/24] dt-bindings: hypervisor: Add MediaTek GenieZone
 hypervisor

On Thu, 2024-08-01 at 18:36 +0800, Hillf Danton wrote:
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>  On Tue, 30 Jul 2024 16:24:15 +0800 Liju-clr Chen <
> liju-clr.chen@...iatek.com>
> > +description:
> > +  GenieZone is a proprietary type-II hypervisor firmware developed
> > by MediaTek,
> 
> Given type-I [1], confused by type-II. Which one is correct?
> 

Hi Hillf,
Thank you for your correction.
GenieZone is a type-I hypervisor.
Apologize for this typing error and will update it in next version.

> > +  providing an isolated execution environment for mTEE (MediaTek
> > Trusted
> > +  Execution Environment) and AVF (Android Virtualization
> > Framework) virtual
> > +  machines. This binding facilitates the integration of GenieZone
> > into the
> > +  Android Virtualization Framework (AVF) with Crosvm as the VMM.
> > The driver
> > +  exposes hypervisor control interfaces to the VMM for managing
> > virtual
> > +  machine lifecycles and assisting virtual device emulation.
> 
> [1] 
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240730082436.9151-3-liju-clr.chen@mediatek.com/
> +++ b/Documentation/virt/geniezone/introduction.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +======================
> +GenieZone Introduction
> +======================
> +
> +Overview
> +========
> +GenieZone hypervisor (gzvm) is a type-1 hypervisor that supports
> various virtual
> +machine types and provides security features such as TEE-like
> scenarios and
> +secure boot.

BR
Liju