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Re: [Qemu-devel] GSoC Proposal: ARM Virtualization Extensions
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Sergey Fedorov |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] GSoC Proposal: ARM Virtualization Extensions |
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Sat, 21 Mar 2015 06:16:54 +0300 |
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On 20.03.2015 20:44, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 20 March 2015 at 17:25, Merten Sach <address@hidden> wrote:
>> I'm interested in participating in this years edition of Google Summer of
>> Code.
>> Initially I wanted to propose the implementation of ARMv7
>> virtualization extensions. I know this is not supported at the moment.
>> Also based on the documentation I found I thought it is still untouched.
>> However, when I looked at git log I saw that there is some preparation
>> to include EL2 support (LPAE, nested paging preparation, etc).
> Yes, we have put in some initial foundational changes but
> actual support is still missing. Edgar, can you remind me
> whether you have some pending patches for EL2 support still?
>
>> Is there demand for a GSoC project to further ARM virtualization
>> extension support?
> We would certainly like to see virtualization emulation
> supported in upstream QEMU. I think my main areas of
> concern would be:
> * working with any existing code that Edgar has up his sleeve
> * having a project plan that divides the work up into small
> but coherent chunks that can be landed upstream incrementally
> (to avoid the failure mode of "work all summer but don't
> get it finished, and so don't have anything concrete
> to show for it at the end")
>
> thanks
> -- PMM
>
Hi!
I am currently working on AArch64 EL2 support. There is a plan to submit
the changes to the community. Merten, IIUYC, you are going to support
only AArch32 EL2?
Best regards,
Sergey
Re: [Qemu-devel] GSoC Proposal: ARM Virtualization Extensions, Merten Sach, 2015/03/23