Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756703AbbGPRkr (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Jul 2015 13:40:47 -0400 Received: from mail-bl2on0075.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([65.55.169.75]:16724 "EHLO na01-bl2-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755707AbbGPRkq convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Jul 2015 13:40:46 -0400 From: "Chalamarla, Tirumalesh" To: Marc Zyngier CC: "Chalamarla, Tirumalesh" , "kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu" , Andre Przywara , Will Deacon , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "rrichter@cavium.com" , linux-arm-kernel , Christoffer Dall , Suzuki Poulose Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: KVM: Enable minimalistic support for Thunder Thread-Topic: [PATCH] arm64: KVM: Enable minimalistic support for Thunder Thread-Index: AQHQsEmIvcUHlmTfVUqrOtQTgdoH653DMZ0AgACJmgCAAAFpgIAav+CA Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 17:40:44 +0000 Message-ID: References: <1435348284-32132-1-git-send-email-tchalamarla@caviumnetworks.com> <55910794.6000107@arm.com> <55917C31.4060107@arm.com> In-Reply-To: <55917C31.4060107@arm.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: authentication-results: arm.com; dkim=none (message not signed) header.d=none; x-ms-exchange-messagesentrepresentingtype: 1 x-originating-ip: [64.2.3.194] x-microsoft-exchange-diagnostics: 1;BLUPR0701MB1780;5:LguS3+OwOFVmyu91DGnqBdaQz/KgEwOVC2eBy/6/jBg2RzRGwkMFWJQ540e8FVMf7h8KgK+1KaiUB5djdWp8AEv+Yf313lvizRJFlc7hparl3sKAqNwJsxgWzVZFn3m115SsLJq08sX9wOGqbNuQeA==;24:Mjw5M6vWvHhZSn+113vrGofBMIgWcNEZAnbNCGpEuSZMA0xO4auj08g0tRpwcWrfb6YoYd6mbQBIJi7JmI+9NctsO9jPZpsdrhQN9SHEflw=;20:aVCG1lkDY/NtSZNBgaKU1ukoB3yiEixOqrACeFzppIQzAYhyUeGss86/Wt8aPkkyvOB95lPzXcYuQ1cyNrGLXQ== x-microsoft-antispam: UriScan:;BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:;SRVR:BLUPR0701MB1780; blupr0701mb1780: X-MS-Exchange-Organization-RulesExecuted x-microsoft-antispam-prvs: x-exchange-antispam-report-test: UriScan:; x-exchange-antispam-report-cfa-test: BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:(601004)(5005006)(3002001);SRVR:BLUPR0701MB1780;BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:;SRVR:BLUPR0701MB1780; x-forefront-prvs: 0639027A9E x-forefront-antispam-report: SFV:NSPM;SFS:(10009020)(6009001)(377454003)(164054003)(479174004)(24454002)(93886004)(62966003)(19580405001)(33656002)(110136002)(77156002)(86362001)(5001960100002)(40100003)(83716003)(19580395003)(19300405004)(46102003)(82746002)(2656002)(87936001)(5002640100001)(76176999)(92566002)(122556002)(54356999)(102836002)(50986999)(77096005)(15975445007)(2900100001)(36756003)(106116001)(2950100001)(99286002)(66066001)(189998001)(562404015)(104396002);DIR:OUT;SFP:1101;SCL:1;SRVR:BLUPR0701MB1780;H:BLUPR0701MB1780.namprd07.prod.outlook.com;FPR:;SPF:None;MLV:sfv;LANG:en; Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-ID: <9775EA14878363439BD9B7A9E569F528@namprd07.prod.outlook.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: caviumnetworks.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 16 Jul 2015 17:40:44.2680 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: 711e4ccf-2e9b-4bcf-a551-4094005b6194 X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: BLUPR0701MB1780 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1504 Lines: 45 the discussion on the generic cpu seems to be stuck, is there a possibility to take this patch. so that Thunder has a chance to run some KVM. Thanks, Tirumalesh. > On Jun 29, 2015, at 10:11 AM, Marc Zyngier wrote: > > On 29/06/15 18:06, Chalamarla, Tirumalesh wrote: >> >>> On Jun 29, 2015, at 1:53 AM, Marc Zyngier wrote: >>> >>> On 26/06/15 20:51, Tirumalesh Chalamarla wrote: >>>> In order to allow KVM to run on Thunder implementations, add the >>>> minimal support required. >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Tirumalesh Chalamarla >>> >>> CCing the KVM/ARM maintainers should be the first course of action. >>> >> thanks. >> >>> Also, you may want to try Suzuki's patch instead: >>> >>> http://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg117703.html >>> >> will try with this. >> >>> Constantly adding new CPUs without providing any insight as to how they >>> should be emulated only brings churn, and not much benefit. >>> >> we are not planning(at this point) to emulate Thunder with QEMU/others. > > Fair enough. If cross-cpu VM migration is none of your concern, then > Suzuki's patch should be enough. > > Thanks, > > M. > -- > Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny... -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/