Re: [PATCH] arm: document "mach-virt" platform.

2014-02-03 Thread Christoffer Dall
On Mon, Feb 03, 2014 at 08:46:07AM -0500, Christopher Covington wrote: > Hi Christoffer, > > On 02/02/2014 11:56 PM, Christoffer Dall wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:54:46AM -0500, Christopher Covington wrote: > >> I think it would be informative to provide pointers here to commonly used >

Re: [PATCH] arm: document "mach-virt" platform.

2014-02-03 Thread Christopher Covington
Hi Christoffer, On 02/02/2014 11:56 PM, Christoffer Dall wrote: > On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:54:46AM -0500, Christopher Covington wrote: >> I think it would be informative to provide pointers here to commonly used >> paravirtualized devices, especially VirtIO PCI/MMIO. > > I disagree: that would

Re: [PATCH] arm: document "mach-virt" platform.

2014-02-03 Thread Ian Campbell
On Sun, 2014-02-02 at 20:56 -0800, Christoffer Dall wrote: > On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:54:46AM -0500, Christopher Covington wrote: > > Hi Ian, > > > > On 01/30/2014 11:11 AM, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it > > > actually > > >

Re: [PATCH] arm: document mach-virt platform.

2014-02-03 Thread Ian Campbell
On Sun, 2014-02-02 at 20:56 -0800, Christoffer Dall wrote: On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:54:46AM -0500, Christopher Covington wrote: Hi Ian, On 01/30/2014 11:11 AM, Ian Campbell wrote: mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it actually consists of.

Re: [PATCH] arm: document mach-virt platform.

2014-02-03 Thread Christopher Covington
Hi Christoffer, On 02/02/2014 11:56 PM, Christoffer Dall wrote: On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:54:46AM -0500, Christopher Covington wrote: I think it would be informative to provide pointers here to commonly used paravirtualized devices, especially VirtIO PCI/MMIO. I disagree: that would only

Re: [PATCH] arm: document mach-virt platform.

2014-02-03 Thread Christoffer Dall
On Mon, Feb 03, 2014 at 08:46:07AM -0500, Christopher Covington wrote: Hi Christoffer, On 02/02/2014 11:56 PM, Christoffer Dall wrote: On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:54:46AM -0500, Christopher Covington wrote: I think it would be informative to provide pointers here to commonly used

Re: [PATCH] arm: document "mach-virt" platform.

2014-02-02 Thread Christoffer Dall
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:54:46AM -0500, Christopher Covington wrote: > Hi Ian, > > On 01/30/2014 11:11 AM, Ian Campbell wrote: > > mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it > > actually > > consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to document a binding for an > >

Re: [PATCH] arm: document "mach-virt" platform.

2014-02-02 Thread Christoffer Dall
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 04:11:02PM +, Ian Campbell wrote: > mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it actually > consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to document a binding for an > entire platform since mach-virt is entirely virtual it is helpful to have >

Re: [PATCH] arm: document mach-virt platform.

2014-02-02 Thread Christoffer Dall
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 04:11:02PM +, Ian Campbell wrote: mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it actually consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to document a binding for an entire platform since mach-virt is entirely virtual it is helpful to have

Re: [PATCH] arm: document mach-virt platform.

2014-02-02 Thread Christoffer Dall
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:54:46AM -0500, Christopher Covington wrote: Hi Ian, On 01/30/2014 11:11 AM, Ian Campbell wrote: mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it actually consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to document a binding for an entire

Re: [PATCH] arm: document "mach-virt" platform.

2014-01-31 Thread Rob Herring
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Marc Zyngier wrote: > On 30/01/14 17:28, Arnd Bergmann wrote: >> On Thursday 30 January 2014, Ian Campbell wrote: >>> mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it >>> actually >>> consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to document a

Re: [PATCH] arm: document mach-virt platform.

2014-01-31 Thread Rob Herring
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Marc Zyngier marc.zyng...@arm.com wrote: On 30/01/14 17:28, Arnd Bergmann wrote: On Thursday 30 January 2014, Ian Campbell wrote: mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it actually consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to

Re: [PATCH] arm: document "mach-virt" platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Christopher Covington
Hi Ian, On 01/30/2014 12:15 PM, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Thu, 2014-01-30 at 11:54 -0500, Christopher Covington wrote: >>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/mach-virt.txt >>> @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ >>> +* Mach-virt "Dummy Virtual Machine" platform >>> + >>> +"mach-virt" is the smallest,

Re: [PATCH] arm: document "mach-virt" platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Campbell
On Thu, 2014-01-30 at 18:28 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Thursday 30 January 2014, Ian Campbell wrote: > > mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it > > actually > > consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to document a binding for an > > entire platform since

Re: [PATCH] arm: document "mach-virt" platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Marc Zyngier
On 30/01/14 17:28, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Thursday 30 January 2014, Ian Campbell wrote: >> mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it actually >> consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to document a binding for an >> entire platform since mach-virt is entirely

Re: [PATCH] arm: document "mach-virt" platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Arnd Bergmann
On Thursday 30 January 2014, Ian Campbell wrote: > mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it actually > consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to document a binding for an > entire platform since mach-virt is entirely virtual it is helpful to have > something to

Re: [PATCH] arm: document "mach-virt" platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Campbell
On Thu, 2014-01-30 at 17:24 +, Marc Zyngier wrote: > >> I'm afraid I disagree with most of the above. The whole point of > >> mach-virt is to provide a shell for DT platforms. None of this hardware > >> is mandated. Instead, all the necessary information should be described > >> in DT. > > >

Re: [PATCH] arm: document "mach-virt" platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Marc Zyngier
On 30/01/14 17:21, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Thu, 2014-01-30 at 17:13 +, Marc Zyngier wrote: >> Hi Ian, >> >> On 30/01/14 16:11, Ian Campbell wrote: >>> mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it >>> actually >>> consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to

Re: [PATCH] arm: document "mach-virt" platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Campbell
On Thu, 2014-01-30 at 17:13 +, Marc Zyngier wrote: > Hi Ian, > > On 30/01/14 16:11, Ian Campbell wrote: > > mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it > > actually > > consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to document a binding for an > > entire platform

Re: [PATCH] arm: document "mach-virt" platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Campbell
On Thu, 2014-01-30 at 11:54 -0500, Christopher Covington wrote: > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/mach-virt.txt > > @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ > > +* Mach-virt "Dummy Virtual Machine" platform > > + > > +"mach-virt" is the smallest, dumbest platform possible, to be used as > > +a guest for

Re: [PATCH] arm: document "mach-virt" platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Marc Zyngier
Hi Ian, On 30/01/14 16:11, Ian Campbell wrote: > mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it actually > consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to document a binding for an > entire platform since mach-virt is entirely virtual it is helpful to have > something to

Re: [PATCH] arm: document "mach-virt" platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, Christopher Covington wrote: > Hi Ian, > > On 01/30/2014 11:11 AM, Ian Campbell wrote: > > mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it > > actually > > consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to document a binding for an > > entire platform

Re: [PATCH] arm: document "mach-virt" platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Christopher Covington
Hi Ian, On 01/30/2014 11:11 AM, Ian Campbell wrote: > mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it actually > consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to document a binding for an > entire platform since mach-virt is entirely virtual it is helpful to have > something

[PATCH] arm: document "mach-virt" platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Campbell
mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it actually consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to document a binding for an entire platform since mach-virt is entirely virtual it is helpful to have something to refer to in the absence of a single concrete

[PATCH] arm: document mach-virt platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Campbell
mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it actually consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to document a binding for an entire platform since mach-virt is entirely virtual it is helpful to have something to refer to in the absence of a single concrete

Re: [PATCH] arm: document mach-virt platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Christopher Covington
Hi Ian, On 01/30/2014 11:11 AM, Ian Campbell wrote: mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it actually consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to document a binding for an entire platform since mach-virt is entirely virtual it is helpful to have something to

Re: [PATCH] arm: document mach-virt platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, Christopher Covington wrote: Hi Ian, On 01/30/2014 11:11 AM, Ian Campbell wrote: mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it actually consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to document a binding for an entire platform since mach-virt

Re: [PATCH] arm: document mach-virt platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Marc Zyngier
Hi Ian, On 30/01/14 16:11, Ian Campbell wrote: mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it actually consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to document a binding for an entire platform since mach-virt is entirely virtual it is helpful to have something to refer

Re: [PATCH] arm: document mach-virt platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Campbell
On Thu, 2014-01-30 at 11:54 -0500, Christopher Covington wrote: +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/mach-virt.txt @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +* Mach-virt Dummy Virtual Machine platform + +mach-virt is the smallest, dumbest platform possible, to be used as +a guest for Xen, KVM and other

Re: [PATCH] arm: document mach-virt platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Campbell
On Thu, 2014-01-30 at 17:13 +, Marc Zyngier wrote: Hi Ian, On 30/01/14 16:11, Ian Campbell wrote: mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it actually consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to document a binding for an entire platform since mach-virt

Re: [PATCH] arm: document mach-virt platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Marc Zyngier
On 30/01/14 17:21, Ian Campbell wrote: On Thu, 2014-01-30 at 17:13 +, Marc Zyngier wrote: Hi Ian, On 30/01/14 16:11, Ian Campbell wrote: mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it actually consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to document a binding for

Re: [PATCH] arm: document mach-virt platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Campbell
On Thu, 2014-01-30 at 17:24 +, Marc Zyngier wrote: I'm afraid I disagree with most of the above. The whole point of mach-virt is to provide a shell for DT platforms. None of this hardware is mandated. Instead, all the necessary information should be described in DT. Add support

Re: [PATCH] arm: document mach-virt platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Arnd Bergmann
On Thursday 30 January 2014, Ian Campbell wrote: mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it actually consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to document a binding for an entire platform since mach-virt is entirely virtual it is helpful to have something to refer

Re: [PATCH] arm: document mach-virt platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Marc Zyngier
On 30/01/14 17:28, Arnd Bergmann wrote: On Thursday 30 January 2014, Ian Campbell wrote: mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it actually consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to document a binding for an entire platform since mach-virt is entirely virtual

Re: [PATCH] arm: document mach-virt platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Campbell
On Thu, 2014-01-30 at 18:28 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: On Thursday 30 January 2014, Ian Campbell wrote: mach-virt has existed for a while but it is not written down what it actually consists of. Although it seems a bit unusual to document a binding for an entire platform since mach-virt

Re: [PATCH] arm: document mach-virt platform.

2014-01-30 Thread Christopher Covington
Hi Ian, On 01/30/2014 12:15 PM, Ian Campbell wrote: On Thu, 2014-01-30 at 11:54 -0500, Christopher Covington wrote: +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/mach-virt.txt @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +* Mach-virt Dummy Virtual Machine platform + +mach-virt is the smallest, dumbest platform possible,