Il giorno mercoledì 23 aprile 2014 10:43:40 UTC+2, J. Kiszka ha scritto: > On 2014-04-23 08:21, Carlo Vitucci wrote: > > > Il giorno lunedì 14 aprile 2014 20:27:16 UTC+2, J. Kiszka ha scritto: > > >> Hi all, > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> so far the Linux-based Jailhouse hypervisor [1] is only available for > > >> > > >> Intel x86 CPUs. I'm now very happy to announce that AMD is offering to > > >> > > >> sponsor the initial port of Jailhouse to the AMD64 architecture. Our > > >> > > >> resources here are unfortunately bound to different tasks, but if anyone > > >> > > >> out there with the required skills is interested in working on this > > >> > > >> project, just reply to this email or contact me and Mazda directly. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> The work to be done is manageable: we basically need corresponding > > >> > > >> implementations of vmx.c and vtd.c in the current Jailhouse code base - > > >> > > >> provided our existing abstractions were done right. Someone familiar > > >> > > >> with virtualization on x86 in general and, ideally, even on AMD > > >> > > >> processors should be able to complete this task within a couple of weeks. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> For more details on the Jailhouse architecture and implementations, see > > >> > > >> our slowly growing Documentation folder in the source tree or simply ask > > >> > > >> on the mailing list. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Jan > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> [1] https://github.com/siemens/jailhouse > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> > > >> Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT RTC ITP SES-DE > > >> > > >> Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux > > > > > > Hello jailhouse, > > > just a thought, if I could. AMD64 is not officially delivered and one > > > of the most important new features, that is the direct interrupt delivery, > > > is without a final specification. in other words, ARMv8 is the only > > suitable > > > architecture for Jailhouse porting, but there is still a bit fog around. > > > > I'm not sure if I got your point yet: AMD64 stands for the > > well-established x86-64 architecture with AMD-specific parts like the > > virtualization extensions. All these transistors and specs are broadly > > available for years. > > > > Regarding direct interrupt delivery: on Intel, we do not depend on > > specific hardware support to provide this feature, and I bet we can port > > that approach to AMD as well. > > > > Jan > > > > -- > > Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT RTC ITP SES-DE > > Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux
Sorry Jan, my misyake. I was referring to ARMv8 architecture, but I wrote AMD64 at the beginning instead of ARM64... sorry for the confusion! BR/ Carlo
