Hi, Some time ago we drafted a specification[1] for AArch64 virtual machines. Now we are launching verification tools that let everyone verify that the whole stack (host hypervisor, guest firmware and guest OS image) implements the spec:
https://github.com/linaro/vmspec-tools For some extra background see the blog post on vmspec: http://www.linaro.org/blog/core-dump/ensuring-bootable-arm-vm-images/ From the cross-distro point of view, we are interested in finding out if - QEMU shipped is new enough (2.6+) - a compatible EFI for arm64 guests is available - a vmspec compatible cloud guest image is available If the image comes with cloud-init, vmspec-boot can be used directly to verify compliance. Without cloud-init, one can run vmspec-verify inside the guest to verify manually. The tools are still under development, for example the ACPI test returns a failure even if the guest would support ACPI if forced. Feedback and patches are always welcome. The README.md lists a handful of guest images that have been used in testing. I'd be most happy to add more links to the list! Riku [1] http://www.linaro.org/app/resources/WhitePaper/VMSystemSpecificationForARM-v2.0.pdf _______________________________________________ cross-distro mailing list cross-distro@lists.linaro.org https://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-distro
