On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 04:35:10PM +0000, Andre Przywara wrote:
> Add the command line parameter "--gicv3" to request GICv3 emulation
> in the kernel. Connect that to the already existing GICv3 code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/kvm/arm/aarch64/arm-cpu.c | 5 ++++-
> .../kvm/arm/aarch64/include/kvm/kvm-config-arch.h | 4 +++-
> tools/kvm/arm/gic.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
> tools/kvm/arm/include/arm-common/kvm-config-arch.h | 1 +
> tools/kvm/arm/kvm-cpu.c | 2 +-
> tools/kvm/arm/kvm.c | 3 ++-
> 6 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/kvm/arm/aarch64/arm-cpu.c b/tools/kvm/arm/aarch64/arm-cpu.c
> index a70d6bb..46d6d6a 100644
> --- a/tools/kvm/arm/aarch64/arm-cpu.c
> +++ b/tools/kvm/arm/aarch64/arm-cpu.c
> @@ -12,7 +12,10 @@
> static void generate_fdt_nodes(void *fdt, struct kvm *kvm, u32 gic_phandle)
> {
> int timer_interrupts[4] = {13, 14, 11, 10};
> - gic__generate_fdt_nodes(fdt, gic_phandle, KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2);
> + gic__generate_fdt_nodes(fdt, gic_phandle,
> + kvm->cfg.arch.gicv3 ?
> + KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3 :
> + KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2);
> timer__generate_fdt_nodes(fdt, kvm, timer_interrupts);
> }
>
> diff --git a/tools/kvm/arm/aarch64/include/kvm/kvm-config-arch.h b/tools/kvm/arm/aarch64/include/kvm/kvm-config-arch.h
> index 89860ae..106e52f 100644
> --- a/tools/kvm/arm/aarch64/include/kvm/kvm-config-arch.h
> +++ b/tools/kvm/arm/aarch64/include/kvm/kvm-config-arch.h
> @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
>
> #define ARM_OPT_ARCH_RUN(cfg) \
> OPT_BOOLEAN('\0', "aarch32", &(cfg)->aarch32_guest, \
> - "Run AArch32 guest"),
> + "Run AArch32 guest"), \
> + OPT_BOOLEAN('\0', "gicv3", &(cfg)->gicv3, \
> + "Use a GICv3 interrupt controller in the guest"),
On a GICv3-capable system, why would I *not* want to enable this option?
In other words, could we make this the default behaviour on systems that
support it, and if you need an override then it should be something like
--force-gicv2.
Or am I missing a key piece of the puzzle?
Will
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