Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add support for ARMv8 CPUs to kvmtool

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On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think we're getting our wires crossed a bit here, so I'll try to explain
> my madness:
>
>         - Mainline ARM kernels cannot be booted by kvmtool yet, you
>           currently have to use my virt/mach branch from
>
>             git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/will/linux.git
>
>           I hope to upstream this for 3.9 (it has gone through the necessary
>           review on the ARM kernel list).
>
>         - As part of the review mentioned above, some kvmtool changes were
>           required to support SMP with the latest virt/mach. You just merged
>           these in my ARM updates series.
>
>         - The ARMv8 kvmtool code builds on top of the series you just merged
>           and won't apply without it. Applying it won't have any adverse
>           effects on ARMv7 (AArch32). In fact, the two series sit together
>           on my kvmtool/arm branch from
>
>             git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/will/kvmtool.git
>
>           but I posted them separately to avoid holding up the ARM updates.
>
> Does that answer you question or have I made things worse?!

Yes, it answers my question. I'll go ahead and apply the ARMv8 patches.
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