Re: [PATCH 10/18] KVM/MIPS32-VZ: Add API for VZ-ASE Capability

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On 05/30/2013 10:51 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
Il 30/05/2013 19:07, David Daney ha scritto:
On 05/28/2013 09:34 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
Il 19/05/2013 07:47, Sanjay Lal ha scritto:
- Add API to allow clients (QEMU etc.) to check whether the H/W
    supports the MIPS VZ-ASE.

Why does this matter to userspace?  Do the userspace have some way to
detect if the kernel is unmodified or minimally-modified?


There are (will be) two types of VM presented by MIPS KVM:

1) That provided by the initial patch where a faux-MIPS is emulated and
all kernel code must be in the USEG address space.

2) Real MIPS, addressing works as per the architecture specification.

Presumably the user-space client would like to know which of these are
supported, as well as be able to select the desired model.

Understood.  It's really two different machine types.

I don't know the best way to do this, but I agree that
KVM_CAP_MIPS_VZ_ASE is probably not the best name for it.

My idea was to have the arg of the KVM_CREATE_VM ioctl specify the
desired style

Ok.  How complex is it?  Do you plan to do this when the patches are
"really ready" for Linus' tree?

I am currently working on preparing a patch set that implements MIPS-VZ in a slightly different manner than Sanjay's patches. So there will likely be some back and forth getting everything properly integrated into a sane implementation

So I don't know exactly how to answer this question other than to say, that I don't think things should go into Linus's tree until they are "really ready", which would include resolving this issue.

David Daney




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