On 2014/11/20 5:05, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
KVM for ia64 has been marked as broken not just once, but twice even, and the last patch from the maintainer is now roughly 5 years old. Time for it to rest in piece. Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> ---
I think we also need to sync this in Documentation: Documentation: virtual: kvm: remove ia64 kvm/ia64 would be gone so just clean Documentation. Signed-off-by: Tiejun Chen <tiejun.chen@xxxxxxxxx> ---Documentation/ia64/kvm.txt | 83 -------------------------------------
Documentation/ia64/paravirt_ops.txt | 8 ++-- Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 45 ++++++++++---------- 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 110 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 Documentation/ia64/kvm.txt diff --git a/Documentation/ia64/kvm.txt b/Documentation/ia64/kvm.txt deleted file mode 100644 index ffb5c80..0000000 --- a/Documentation/ia64/kvm.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,83 +0,0 @@ -Currently, kvm module is in EXPERIMENTAL stage on IA64. This means that -interfaces are not stable enough to use. So, please don't run critical -applications in virtual machine. -We will try our best to improve it in future versions! - - Guide: How to boot up guests on kvm/ia64 - -This guide is to describe how to enable kvm support for IA-64 systems. - -1. Get the kvm source from git.kernel.org. - Userspace source:- git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm-userspace.git
- Kernel Source:- git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xiantao/kvm-ia64.git
- -2. Compile the source code. - 2.1 Compile userspace code: - (1)cd ./kvm-userspace - (2)./configure - (3)cd kernel- (4)make sync LINUX= $kernel_dir (kernel_dir is the directory of kernel source.)
- (5)cd .. - (6)make qemu - (7)cd qemu; make install - - 2.2 Compile kernel source code: - (1) cd ./$kernel_dir - (2) Make menuconfig - (3) Enter into virtualization option, and choose kvm. - (4) make - (5) Once (4) done, make modules_install- (6) Make initrd, and use new kernel to reboot up host machine.
- (7) Once (6) done, cd $kernel_dir/arch/ia64/kvm - (8) insmod kvm.ko; insmod kvm-intel.ko --Note: For step 2, please make sure that host page size == TARGET_PAGE_SIZE of qemu, otherwise, may fail.
- -3. Get Guest Firmware named as Flash.fd, and put it under right place:- (1) If you have the guest firmware (binary) released by Intel Corp for Xen, use it directly.
- - (2) If you have no firmware at hand, Please download its source from - hg clone http://xenbits.xensource.com/ext/efi-vfirmware.hg- you can get the firmware's binary in the directory of efi-vfirmware.hg/binaries.
-- (3) Rename the firmware you owned to Flash.fd, and copy it to /usr/local/share/qemu
- -4. Boot up Linux or Windows guests:- 4.1 Create or install a image for guest boot. If you have xen experience, it should be easy.
- - 4.2 Boot up guests use the following command.- /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-ia64 -smp xx -m 512 -hda $your_image - (xx is the number of virtual processors for the guest, now the maximum value is 4)
- -5. Known possible issue on some platforms with old Firmware. --In the event of strange host crash issues, try to solve it through either of the following ways:
- -(1): Upgrade your Firmware to the latest one. - -(2): Applying the below patch to kernel source. -diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/pal.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/pal.S -index 0b53344..f02b0f7 100644 ---- a/arch/ia64/kernel/pal.S -+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/pal.S -@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ GLOBAL_ENTRY(ia64_pal_call_static) - mov ar.pfs = loc1 - mov rp = loc0 - ;; -- srlz.d // serialize restoration of psr.l -+ srlz.i // serialize restoration of psr.l -+ ;; - br.ret.sptk.many b0 - END(ia64_pal_call_static) - -6. Bug report:- If you found any issues when use kvm/ia64, Please post the bug info to kvm-ia64-devel mailing list.
- https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-ia64-devel/ --Thanks for your interest! Let's work together, and make kvm/ia64 stronger and stronger!
- -- Xiantao Zhang <xiantao.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> - 2008.3.10 diff --git a/Documentation/ia64/paravirt_ops.txt b/Documentation/ia64/paravirt_ops.txt
index 39ded02..3a1f36b 100644 --- a/Documentation/ia64/paravirt_ops.txt +++ b/Documentation/ia64/paravirt_ops.txt@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ paravirt_ops (pv_ops in short) is a way for virtualization support of
Linux kernel on x86. Several ways for virtualization support were proposed, paravirt_ops is the winner. On the other hand, now there are also several IA64 virtualization -technologies like kvm/IA64, xen/IA64 and many other academic IA64 +technologies like xen/IA64 and many other academic IA64 hypervisors so that it is good to add generic virtualization infrastructure on Linux/IA64. @@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ But paravirt_ops approach was taken because and the overhead of paravirt_ops on native environment should be as small as possible. -- for full virtualization technology, e.g. KVM/IA64 or - Xen/IA64 HVM domain, the result would be - (the emulated platform machine vector. probably dig) + (pv_ops). +- for full virtualization technology, e.g. Xen/IA64 HVM domain, the + result would be (the emulated platform machine vector. probably + dig) + (pv_ops). This means that the virtualization support layer should be under the machine vector layer.diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index 7a943c2..80bfe59 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ struct kvm_fpu {
4.24 KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP
Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP, KVM_CAP_S390_IRQCHIP (s390)
-Architectures: x86, ia64, ARM, arm64, s390
+Architectures: x86, ARM, arm64, s390
Type: vm ioctl
Parameters: none
Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
Creates an interrupt controller model in the kernel. On x86, creates
a virtual
ioapic, a virtual PIC (two PICs, nested), and sets up future vcpus to
have a
local APIC. IRQ routing for GSIs 0-15 is set to both PIC and IOAPIC;
GSI 16-23
-only go to the IOAPIC. On ia64, a IOSAPIC is created. On ARM/arm64, a
GIC is
+only go to the IOAPIC. On ARM/arm64, a GIC is created. On s390, a dummy irq routing table is created.Note that on s390 the KVM_CAP_S390_IRQCHIP vm capability needs to be enabled
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ before KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP can be used.
4.25 KVM_IRQ_LINE
Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP
-Architectures: x86, ia64, arm, arm64
+Architectures: x86, arm, arm64
Type: vm ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_irq_level
Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ struct kvm_irq_level {
4.26 KVM_GET_IRQCHIP
Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP
-Architectures: x86, ia64
+Architectures: x86
Type: vm ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_irqchip (in/out)
Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ struct kvm_irqchip {
4.27 KVM_SET_IRQCHIP
Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP
-Architectures: x86, ia64
+Architectures: x86
Type: vm ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_irqchip (in)
Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ for vm-wide capabilities.
4.38 KVM_GET_MP_STATE
Capability: KVM_CAP_MP_STATE
-Architectures: x86, ia64, s390
+Architectures: x86, s390
Type: vcpu ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_mp_state (out)
Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
@@ -1008,16 +1008,15 @@ uniprocessor guests).
Possible values are:
- - KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE: the vcpu is currently running [x86, ia64]
+ - KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE: the vcpu is currently running [x86]
- KVM_MP_STATE_UNINITIALIZED: the vcpu is an application processor (AP)
- which has not yet received an INIT
signal [x86,
- ia64]+ which has not yet received an INIT signal [x86] - KVM_MP_STATE_INIT_RECEIVED: the vcpu has received an INIT signal, and is
- now ready for a SIPI [x86, ia64] + now ready for a SIPI [x86]- KVM_MP_STATE_HALTED: the vcpu has executed a HLT instruction and
- is waiting for an interrupt [x86, ia64] + is waiting for an interrupt [x86] - KVM_MP_STATE_SIPI_RECEIVED: the vcpu has just received a SIPI (vector- accessible via KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS) [x86, ia64]
+ accessible via KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS) [x86] - KVM_MP_STATE_STOPPED: the vcpu is stopped [s390]- KVM_MP_STATE_CHECK_STOP: the vcpu is in a special error state [s390]
- KVM_MP_STATE_OPERATING: the vcpu is operating (running or halted) @@ -1025,7 +1024,7 @@ Possible values are:- KVM_MP_STATE_LOAD: the vcpu is in a special load/startup state
[s390]
-On x86 and ia64, this ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP.
Without an
+On x86, this ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without anin-kernel irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace on
these architectures. @@ -1033,7 +1032,7 @@ these architectures. 4.39 KVM_SET_MP_STATE Capability: KVM_CAP_MP_STATE -Architectures: x86, ia64, s390 +Architectures: x86, s390 Type: vcpu ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_mp_state (in) Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error @@ -1041,7 +1040,7 @@ Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error Sets the vcpu's current "multiprocessing state"; see KVM_GET_MP_STATE for arguments.-On x86 and ia64, this ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without an
+On x86, this ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without anin-kernel irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace on
these architectures. @@ -1068,7 +1067,7 @@ documentation when it pops into existence). 4.41 KVM_SET_BOOT_CPU_ID Capability: KVM_CAP_SET_BOOT_CPU_ID -Architectures: x86, ia64 +Architectures: x86 Type: vm ioctl Parameters: unsigned long vcpu_id Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -1261,7 +1260,7 @@ The flags bitmap is defined as: 4.48 KVM_ASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE Capability: none -Architectures: x86 ia64 +Architectures: x86 Type: vm ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_pci_dev (in) Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -1311,7 +1310,7 @@ Errors: 4.49 KVM_DEASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE Capability: none -Architectures: x86 ia64 +Architectures: x86 Type: vm ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_pci_dev (in) Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -1330,7 +1329,7 @@ Errors: 4.50 KVM_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ Capability: KVM_CAP_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ -Architectures: x86 ia64 +Architectures: x86 Type: vm ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_irq (in) Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -1370,7 +1369,7 @@ Errors: 4.51 KVM_DEASSIGN_DEV_IRQ Capability: KVM_CAP_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ -Architectures: x86 ia64 +Architectures: x86 Type: vm ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_irq (in) Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error@@ -1385,7 +1384,7 @@ KVM_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ. Partial deassignment of host or guest IRQ is allowed.
4.52 KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING
Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING
-Architectures: x86 ia64 s390
+Architectures: x86 s390
Type: vm ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_irq_routing (in)
Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
@@ -1444,7 +1443,7 @@ struct kvm_irq_routing_s390_adapter {
4.53 KVM_ASSIGN_SET_MSIX_NR
Capability: none
-Architectures: x86 ia64
+Architectures: x86
Type: vm ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_msix_nr (in)
Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
@@ -1466,7 +1465,7 @@ struct kvm_assigned_msix_nr {
4.54 KVM_ASSIGN_SET_MSIX_ENTRY
Capability: none
-Architectures: x86 ia64
+Architectures: x86
Type: vm ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_msix_entry (in)
Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
--
Thanks
Tiejun
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