Thanks very much for the clarifications guys, I will continue to research and feed back as time allows.
Best Regards Peter On Wed, 15 May 2019 at 15:22, Bruce Ashfield <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 6:24 AM Mark Hatle <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 5/15/19 12:21 PM, Peter Smith wrote: >> > I have been experimenting with using kvm on aarch64 based SoC's and >> after >> > studying the contents of the meta-virtualization layer I came to the >> conclusion >> > (maybe wrongly) that the layer does not provide full support for >> building a kvm >> > kernel on aarch64. >> >> I know people have done this in the past. So unless Bruce or someone >> says it's >> specifically not designed to do that. I would expect it should work, and >> if it >> doesn't... >> > > That's correct. The layer is designed to support aarch64 virtualization > (and definitely containers), but chances are that a lot of that aarch64 > virtualization is currently using Xen. So depending on what you are > building, it may be a less tested path. > > > >> >> > For example the enabling kernel configurations appear to currently be >> incorrect. >> >> ...this sounds like a bug. So if you have ideas how to resolve it, then >> please >> bring them up to the list. (Even better if you have a patch.) >> >> > Agreed. I only just got a platform that should be capable of running 64 > bit ARM virtualization, so bug reports and patches would be great. > > > >> > I would appreciate it if someone with greater knowledge than me could >> put me >> > straight. >> >> meta-virtualization is intended to be a general purpose virtualization >> enabling >> layer. It is used pretty heavily on IA machines, just because a lot of >> virtualization is being done on that architecture. But as long as the >> architecture itself supports the virtualization aspects, I'm not aware of >> any >> reason that fixes for those architectures wouldn't be allowed. >> > > Confirmed. They are allowed, and may just need some tweaking. IF something > isn't allowed, we've masked the recipe and you'll get a clear error message > about the lack of support. > > Bruce > > > >> >> --Mark >> >> > >> > Thanks in advance. >> > Peter >> > >> >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> meta-virtualization mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/meta-virtualization >> > > > -- > - Thou shalt not follow the NULL pointer, for chaos and madness await thee > at its end > - "Use the force Harry" - Gandalf, Star Trek II > >
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