Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 10/12] hw/mips: malta: Add KVM support

2014-06-20 Thread Paolo Bonzini
...@redhat.com Inviato: Giovedì, 19 giugno 2014 23:47:34 Oggetto: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 10/12] hw/mips: malta: Add KVM support On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 12:34:24PM -0700, Sanjay Lal wrote: On Jun 19, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Aurelien Jarno aurel...@aurel32.net wrote: On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:10

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 10/12] hw/mips: malta: Add KVM support

2014-06-20 Thread James Hogan
...@redhat.com, Paolo Bonzini pbonz...@redhat.com Inviato: Giovedì, 19 giugno 2014 23:47:34 Oggetto: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 10/12] hw/mips: malta: Add KVM support On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 12:34:24PM -0700, Sanjay Lal wrote: On Jun 19, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Aurelien Jarno aurel...@aurel32.net

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 10/12] hw/mips: malta: Add KVM support

2014-06-20 Thread Aurelien Jarno
@vger.kernel.org, Gleb Natapov g...@redhat.com, Paolo Bonzini pbonz...@redhat.com Inviato: Giovedì, 19 giugno 2014 23:47:34 Oggetto: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 10/12] hw/mips: malta: Add KVM support On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 12:34:24PM -0700, Sanjay Lal wrote: On Jun 19, 2014, at 9:27 AM

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 10/12] hw/mips: malta: Add KVM support

2014-06-20 Thread James Hogan
On 19/06/14 22:47, Aurelien Jarno wrote: On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 12:34:24PM -0700, Sanjay Lal wrote: On Jun 19, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Aurelien Jarno aurel...@aurel32.net wrote: On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:10:35PM +0100, James Hogan wrote: In KVM mode the bootrom is loaded and executed from the

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 10/12] hw/mips: malta: Add KVM support

2014-06-20 Thread Paolo Bonzini
Il 20/06/2014 11:10, Aurelien Jarno ha scritto: My idea was to add a machines-specific option umkernel=on, and require it in order to run KVM. Later we can add umkernel=on support for TCG as well, while umkernel=off with KVM requires virtualization extensions. The same option can disable

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 10/12] hw/mips: malta: Add KVM support

2014-06-20 Thread Paolo Bonzini
Il 20/06/2014 11:25, James Hogan ha scritto: On 19/06/14 22:47, Aurelien Jarno wrote: On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 12:34:24PM -0700, Sanjay Lal wrote: On Jun 19, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Aurelien Jarno aurel...@aurel32.net wrote: On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:10:35PM +0100, James Hogan wrote: In KVM mode

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 10/12] hw/mips: malta: Add KVM support

2014-06-20 Thread Aurelien Jarno
On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 12:38:30PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote: Il 20/06/2014 11:10, Aurelien Jarno ha scritto: My idea was to add a machines-specific option umkernel=on, and require it in order to run KVM. Later we can add umkernel=on support for TCG as well, while umkernel=off with KVM

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 10/12] hw/mips: malta: Add KVM support

2014-06-20 Thread Aurelien Jarno
On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 10:25:24AM +0100, James Hogan wrote: On 19/06/14 22:47, Aurelien Jarno wrote: On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 12:34:24PM -0700, Sanjay Lal wrote: On Jun 19, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Aurelien Jarno aurel...@aurel32.net wrote: On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:10:35PM +0100, James Hogan

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 10/12] hw/mips: malta: Add KVM support

2014-06-20 Thread James Hogan
On 20/06/14 12:19, Aurelien Jarno wrote: On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 12:38:30PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote: Il 20/06/2014 11:10, Aurelien Jarno ha scritto: My idea was to add a machines-specific option umkernel=on, and require it in order to run KVM. Later we can add umkernel=on support for TCG

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 10/12] hw/mips: malta: Add KVM support

2014-06-19 Thread Aurelien Jarno
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:10:35PM +0100, James Hogan wrote: In KVM mode the bootrom is loaded and executed from the last 1MB of DRAM. What is the reason for that? I am not opposed to that, but if it is really needed, it means that loading a bootloader into the flash area (for example YAMON)

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 10/12] hw/mips: malta: Add KVM support

2014-06-19 Thread Sanjay Lal
On Jun 19, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Aurelien Jarno aurel...@aurel32.net wrote: On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:10:35PM +0100, James Hogan wrote: In KVM mode the bootrom is loaded and executed from the last 1MB of DRAM. What is the reason for that? I am not opposed to that, but if it is really needed,

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 10/12] hw/mips: malta: Add KVM support

2014-06-19 Thread Aurelien Jarno
On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 12:34:24PM -0700, Sanjay Lal wrote: On Jun 19, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Aurelien Jarno aurel...@aurel32.net wrote: On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:10:35PM +0100, James Hogan wrote: In KVM mode the bootrom is loaded and executed from the last 1MB of DRAM. What is the