Re: KVM/ARM64: Booting KVM on FVP/fastmodels

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On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 02:37:07 +0000
胤桦 陈 <yinhua_chen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi, Andre
> 
> Do you mean that if I boot Linux on FVP, then I can run KVM on FVP? Since KVM is just a module in Linux?

Well, on ARM it's not a kernel module, but built-in to the kernel
image, but yes: You can run any normal KVM enabled kernel on
it. So just use the same recipe you would use on any other system to
run KVM guests.

Cheers,
Andre
 
> ________________________________
> From: André Przywara <andre.przywara@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 18:22
> To: yinhua_chen@xxxxxxxxxxx <yinhua_chen@xxxxxxxxxxx>; kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: KVM/ARM64: Booting KVM on FVP/fastmodels
> 
> On 29/03/2021 13:13, yinhua_chen@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > I want to boot KVM on simulators.
> >
> > I don't want to use QEMU since some features are only supported on
> > FVP/fastmodels now.
> >
> > However, I cannot find documents/blogs/wiki about booting KVM on
> > FVP/fastmodels.
> >
> > Does KVM support running on FVP?  
> 
> The FVP emulates the full architecture, including all exception levels
> (so also EL2), and the virtualization support of the GIC and the Generic
> Timer.
> So yes, the models fully support KVM (or any other hypervisor, for that
> matter), and are in fact often used for developing KVM support of new
> hardware features.
> 
> So what are the problems that you are facing? Just running a kernel like
> you would normally do on the model should work out of the box.
> If you describe your setup and the error messages, we can probably help
> you better.
> 
> Cheers,
> Andre
> 
> >
> > Appreciate for your help!
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Yinhua
> >
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