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From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
To: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>,
	<xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>, <tim@xen.org>,
	<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <Ian.Campbell@citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH WIP 2/6] xen/arm: Introduce xen_guest_init
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 16:08:19 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FFAF3E3.7070306@citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120709144505.GD12102@phenom.dumpdata.com>

On 09/07/12 15:45, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 05:14:41PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
>> We used to rely on a core_initcall to initialize Xen on ARM, however
>> core_initcalls are actually called after early consoles are initialized.
>> That means that hvc_xen.c is going to be initialized before Xen.
>>
>> Given the lack of a better alternative, just call a new Xen
>> initialization function (xen_guest_init) from xen_cons_init.
>>
>> xen_guest_init has to be arch independant, so write both an ARM and an
>> x86 implementation. The x86 implementation is currently empty because we
>> can be sure that xen_hvm_guest_init is called early enough.
>>
>> Probably we can get rid of this as soon as we have better DT support.
> 
> What is DT?

Device Tree.  It's a binary describing the hardware and some system
configuration that is passed to the kernel by the boot loader or (in
this case) the hypervisor.  Vaguely analogous to ACPI except it's not
crazy ;).

We really should get the device tree bindings sorted out before
accepting any kernel side patches.  I think we can do this even if Xen's
device tree support is incomplete.

David

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From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
To: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>,
	xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, tim@xen.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ian.Campbell@citrix.com
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH WIP 2/6] xen/arm: Introduce xen_guest_init
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 16:08:19 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FFAF3E3.7070306@citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120709144505.GD12102@phenom.dumpdata.com>

On 09/07/12 15:45, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 05:14:41PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
>> We used to rely on a core_initcall to initialize Xen on ARM, however
>> core_initcalls are actually called after early consoles are initialized.
>> That means that hvc_xen.c is going to be initialized before Xen.
>>
>> Given the lack of a better alternative, just call a new Xen
>> initialization function (xen_guest_init) from xen_cons_init.
>>
>> xen_guest_init has to be arch independant, so write both an ARM and an
>> x86 implementation. The x86 implementation is currently empty because we
>> can be sure that xen_hvm_guest_init is called early enough.
>>
>> Probably we can get rid of this as soon as we have better DT support.
> 
> What is DT?

Device Tree.  It's a binary describing the hardware and some system
configuration that is passed to the kernel by the boot loader or (in
this case) the hypervisor.  Vaguely analogous to ACPI except it's not
crazy ;).

We really should get the device tree bindings sorted out before
accepting any kernel side patches.  I think we can do this even if Xen's
device tree support is incomplete.

David

  reply	other threads:[~2012-07-09 15:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-22 16:13 [PATCH WIP 0/6] xen/arm: PV console support Stefano Stabellini
2012-06-22 16:13 ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-06-22 16:14 ` [PATCH WIP 1/6] xen/arm: fix the shared_info and vcpu_info structs Stefano Stabellini
2012-06-22 16:14   ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-06-22 16:14   ` [PATCH WIP 2/6] xen/arm: Introduce xen_guest_init Stefano Stabellini
2012-06-22 16:14     ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-07-09 14:45     ` [Xen-devel] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-07-09 15:08       ` David Vrabel [this message]
2012-07-09 15:08         ` David Vrabel
2012-07-12 11:49         ` Roger Pau Monne
2012-07-12 12:04           ` David Vrabel
2012-07-12 17:50             ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-07-12 18:00               ` Ian Campbell
2012-07-13 16:38       ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-06-22 16:14   ` [PATCH WIP 3/6] xen/arm: get privilege status Stefano Stabellini
2012-06-22 16:14     ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-07-09 14:41     ` [Xen-devel] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-07-12 17:43       ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-06-22 16:14   ` [PATCH WIP 4/6] xen/arm: implement hvm_op Stefano Stabellini
2012-06-22 16:14     ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-06-22 16:14   ` [PATCH WIP 5/6] xen: fix unmask_evtchn for HVM guests Stefano Stabellini
2012-06-22 16:14     ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-06-22 16:14   ` [PATCH WIP 6/6] xen/arm: enable evtchn irqs Stefano Stabellini
2012-06-22 16:14     ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-07-09 14:40     ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-07-13 17:14       ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-07-16 14:57         ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-07-18 16:51           ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-07-19 23:30             ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-07-20 11:09               ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-07-20 14:36                 ` [Xen-devel] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-07-20 15:23                   ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-07-25 18:43                     ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-07-26 13:53                       ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-06-22 16:26   ` [PATCH] xen/events: fix unmask_evtchn for PV on HVM guests Stefano Stabellini
2012-06-22 16:26     ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-07-09 14:19     ` [Xen-devel] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-07-13 17:48       ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-07-16 15:14         ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-07-18 18:17           ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-08-22 11:20             ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-08-22 14:03               ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-08-22 15:01                 ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-07-09 14:41   ` [PATCH WIP 1/6] xen/arm: fix the shared_info and vcpu_info structs Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-07-13 16:48     ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-07-13 17:08       ` Ian Campbell
2012-07-16 14:57         ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-07-18 16:46           ` Stefano Stabellini

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