On Wed 07 Apr 11:36 CDT 2021, Stephan Gerhold wrote: > The ARM Cortex-A53 CPU cores and QGIC2 interrupt controller > (an implementation of the ARM GIC 2.0 specification) used in MSM8916 > support virtualization, e.g. for KVM on Linux. However, so far it was > not possible to make use of this functionality, because Qualcomm's > proprietary "hyp" firmware blocks the EL2 mode of the CPU and only > allows booting Linux in EL1. > > However, on devices without (firmware) secure boot there is no need > to rely on all of Qualcomm's firmware. The "hyp" firmware on MSM8916 > seems simple enough that it can be replaced with an open-source > alternative created only based on trial and error - with some similar > EL2/EL1 initialization code adapted from Linux and U-Boot. > > qhypstub [1] is such an open-source firmware for MSM8916 that > can be used as drop-in replacement for Qualcomm's "hyp" firmware. > It does not implement any hypervisor functionality. > Instead, it allows booting Linux/KVM (or other hypervisors) in EL2. > > With Linux booting in EL2, KVM seems to be working just fine on MSM8916. > However, so far it is not possible to make use of the virtualization > features in the GICv2. To use KVM's VGICv2 code, the QGIC2 device tree > node needs additional resources (according to binding documentation): > > - The CPU interface region (second reg) must be at least 8 KiB large > to access the GICC_DIR register (mapped at 0x1000 offset) > - Virtual control/CPU interface register base and size > - Hypervisor maintenance interrupt > > Fortunately, the public APQ8016E TRM [2] provides the required information: > > - The CPU interface region (at 0x0B002000) actually has a size of 8 KiB > - Virtual control/CPU interface register is at 0x0B001000/0x0B004000 > - Hypervisor maintenance interrupt is "PPI #0" > Note: This is a bit strange since almost all other ARM SoCs use > GIC_PPI 9 for this. However, I have verified that this is > indeed the interrupt that fires when bits are set in GICH_HCR. > > Add the additional resources to the QGIC2 device tree node in msm8916.dtsi. > There is no functional difference when Linux is started in EL1 since the > additional resources are ignored in that case. > > With these changes (and qhypstub), KVM seems to be fully working on > the DragonBoard 410c (apq8016-sbc) and BQ Aquaris X5 (longcheer-l8910). > > [1]: https://github.com/msm8916-mainline/qhypstub > [2]: https://developer.qualcomm.com/download/sd410/snapdragon-410e-technical-reference-manual.pdf This is awesome! Thanks, Bjorn > > Signed-off-by: Stephan Gerhold <stephan@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8916.dtsi | 4 +++- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8916.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8916.dtsi > index 4c155735fbc9..4f06c0a9c425 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8916.dtsi > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8916.dtsi > @@ -1766,7 +1766,9 @@ intc: interrupt-controller@b000000 { > compatible = "qcom,msm-qgic2"; > interrupt-controller; > #interrupt-cells = <3>; > - reg = <0x0b000000 0x1000>, <0x0b002000 0x1000>; > + reg = <0x0b000000 0x1000>, <0x0b002000 0x2000>, > + <0x0b001000 0x1000>, <0x0b004000 0x2000>; > + interrupts = <GIC_PPI 0 (GIC_CPU_MASK_SIMPLE(4) | IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH)>; > }; > > apcs: mailbox@b011000 { > -- > 2.31.1 >
