Re: [RFC PATCH 00/16] kvm tools: add support for ARMv7 processors

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On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 6:57 AM, Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This patch series adds support for ARMv7 processors (Cortex-A15) to kvm
> tool. The majority of the series consists of small changes in
> preparation for ARM support, which is added by the final patch. I can
> try to split this up further, but given that there is no current support
> for ARM, the sub-patches wouldn't be especially meaningful.

Very cool, looking forward to trying it out!

Would have been very nice if you had sent it to
kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx as well.

>
> To boot a guest, you will need:
>
>   - A Cortex-A15 platform with a kvm-capable bootloader
>   - The latest kvm-arm patches:
>     git://github.com/virtualopensystems/linux-kvm-arm.git kvm-arm-master
>   - A guest kernel configured for our virtual target:
>     git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/will/kvmtool.git kvm/mach-virt

newest as in v4 from this weekend or before the weekend? There were
some (hopefully final) API breakage in there.

>
> I'm also working on an ARMv8 (AArch64) port which fits neatly into the
> code presented here.
>
> All feedback welcome,
>
> Will
>
>
> Will Deacon (16):
>   kvm tools: include arch uapi/asm directories in include path
>   kvm tools: only enable LTO if supported by GCC
>   kvm tools: avoid linking dynamically against libbfd
>   kvm tools: specify compiler by name when overriding make default
>   kvm tools: don't bother including linux/compiler.h
>   kvm tools: don't pass -Wcast-align to the compiler
>   kvm tools: die if init_list__init returns failure
>   kvm tools: add generic device registration mechanism
>   kvm tools: make _FDT macro usable by other architectures
>   kvm tools: virtio-mmio: use subsys_id instead of pci device ID
>   kvm tools: virtio: add dummy set_size_vq implementations
>   kvm tools: allow arch to specify default virtio transport
>   kvm tools: keep track of registered memory banks in struct kvm
>   kvm tools: teach guest_flat_to_host about memory banks starting above
>     0
>   kvm tools: provide a mechanism for translating host to guest
>     addresses
>   kvm tools: add support for ARMv7 processors
>
>  tools/kvm/Makefile                           |   38 +++-
>  tools/kvm/arm/aarch32/cortex-a15.c           |   98 ++++++++++
>  tools/kvm/arm/aarch32/include/kvm/barrier.h  |   10 +
>  tools/kvm/arm/aarch32/include/kvm/kvm-arch.h |   28 +++
>  tools/kvm/arm/aarch32/kvm-cpu.c              |  111 +++++++++++
>  tools/kvm/arm/aarch32/smp-pen.S              |   14 ++
>  tools/kvm/arm/fdt.c                          |  269 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  tools/kvm/arm/gic.c                          |   86 ++++++++
>  tools/kvm/arm/include/arm-common/gic.h       |   29 +++
>  tools/kvm/arm/include/arm-common/kvm-arch.h  |   31 +++
>  tools/kvm/arm/include/arm-common/smp.h       |    7 +
>  tools/kvm/arm/include/kvm/kvm-cpu-arch.h     |   47 +++++
>  tools/kvm/arm/ioport.c                       |    5 +
>  tools/kvm/arm/irq.c                          |   25 +++
>  tools/kvm/arm/kvm-cpu.c                      |  112 +++++++++++
>  tools/kvm/arm/kvm.c                          |   69 +++++++
>  tools/kvm/arm/smp.c                          |   13 ++
>  tools/kvm/builtin-run.c                      |    3 +-
>  tools/kvm/devices.c                          |   24 +++
>  tools/kvm/hw/pci-shmem.c                     |    8 +-
>  tools/kvm/hw/vesa.c                          |    8 +-
>  tools/kvm/include/kvm/devices.h              |   21 ++
>  tools/kvm/include/kvm/fdt.h                  |   26 +++
>  tools/kvm/include/kvm/kvm.h                  |   16 +-
>  tools/kvm/include/kvm/pci.h                  |    2 -
>  tools/kvm/include/kvm/virtio-mmio.h          |    1 +
>  tools/kvm/include/kvm/virtio-pci.h           |    2 +
>  tools/kvm/include/linux/stddef.h             |    6 -
>  tools/kvm/kvm.c                              |   55 +++++-
>  tools/kvm/pci.c                              |   40 ++---
>  tools/kvm/powerpc/include/kvm/kvm-arch.h     |   13 +-
>  tools/kvm/powerpc/irq.c                      |    3 +-
>  tools/kvm/powerpc/kvm.c                      |    2 +-
>  tools/kvm/powerpc/spapr_pci.c                |    4 +-
>  tools/kvm/virtio/9p.c                        |   10 +-
>  tools/kvm/virtio/balloon.c                   |    3 +-
>  tools/kvm/virtio/blk.c                       |    3 +-
>  tools/kvm/virtio/console.c                   |   10 +-
>  tools/kvm/virtio/mmio.c                      |    9 +-
>  tools/kvm/virtio/pci.c                       |    7 +-
>  tools/kvm/virtio/rng.c                       |   10 +-
>  tools/kvm/virtio/scsi.c                      |    3 +-
>  tools/kvm/x86/include/kvm/kvm-arch.h         |   11 +-
>  tools/kvm/x86/kvm.c                          |    7 +
>  44 files changed, 1214 insertions(+), 85 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 tools/kvm/arm/aarch32/cortex-a15.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/kvm/arm/aarch32/include/kvm/barrier.h
>  create mode 100644 tools/kvm/arm/aarch32/include/kvm/kvm-arch.h
>  create mode 100644 tools/kvm/arm/aarch32/kvm-cpu.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/kvm/arm/aarch32/smp-pen.S
>  create mode 100644 tools/kvm/arm/fdt.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/kvm/arm/gic.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/kvm/arm/include/arm-common/gic.h
>  create mode 100644 tools/kvm/arm/include/arm-common/kvm-arch.h
>  create mode 100644 tools/kvm/arm/include/arm-common/smp.h
>  create mode 100644 tools/kvm/arm/include/kvm/kvm-cpu-arch.h
>  create mode 100644 tools/kvm/arm/ioport.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/kvm/arm/irq.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/kvm/arm/kvm-cpu.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/kvm/arm/kvm.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/kvm/arm/smp.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/kvm/devices.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/kvm/include/kvm/devices.h
>  create mode 100644 tools/kvm/include/kvm/fdt.h
>
> --
> 1.7.4.1
>
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