Hi Marc, On Thu, 23 May 2013 13:14:01 +0100, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 23/05/13 11:52, Albert ARIBAUD wrote: > > Hi Andre, > > > > On Mon, 6 May 2013 15:17:45 +0200, Andre Przywara > > <andre.przywara@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> A prerequisite for using virtualization is to be in HYP mode, which > >> requires the CPU to be in non-secure state. > >> Introduce a monitor handler routine which switches the CPU to > >> non-secure state by setting the NS and associated bits. > >> According to the ARM ARM this should not be done in SVC mode, so we > > > > ARM *TRM*, I suspect. Also, as there are a lot of ARM TRMs, if there is > > a more precise reference, please provide it. > > I believe the ARM ARM (as in ARM Architecture Reference Manual) is the > correct document here. > > http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ddi0406c/index.html Well -- if you form the acronym, you do end with 'A R M' indeed, but this is quite unfortunate, as 'ARM ARM' is redundant (as the acronym's A already has ARM in it), confusion (as 'ARM' already bears a quite established meaning) and ambiguous (as there are actually several documents with the title of 'ARM<vXXX> Reference Manual' and which would end up with the same acronym). So if you don't want to use 'TRM' (which I can understand), then at least please replace 'ARM ARM' with 'ARMv7-AR Reference Manual'. Stating the DDI* reference is not a must, unless you want to specify a given revision (but then I suggest adding it after 'Manual' too). > Cheers, > > M. Amicalement, -- Albert. _______________________________________________ kvmarm mailing list kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/kvmarm
