From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: anshul makkar Subject: Re: virtualization Android OS + XEN. Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 08:34:45 +0200 Message-ID: References: <53e2184d.c65cc20a.28f3.6641@mx.google.com> <53E386C2.80109@linaro.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: Stefano Stabellini Cc: Julien Grall , xen-devel@lists.xen.org List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Thanks Stefano, got your point.. Anshul Makkar On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 1:40 PM, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > One thing to watch out for is whether the bootloader (I am guessing > u-boot) boots in HYP mode, SVC mode or secure SVC mode. > > HYP mode is what we want. > From secure SVC mode we can go into HYP mode, so that would still be OK. > If u-boot boots the platform in non-secure SVC mode, then Xen cannot run > on it. > > > On Fri, 8 Aug 2014, anshul makkar wrote: >> Hi Julien, >> >> Thanks for the information. >> >> I am looking for Cubietruck or Cubieboard 2 with Allwinner A20 >> processor but at present its not available in Germany. Any information >> about support/testing of XEN on A20-OLinuXino board >> (https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A20/A20-OLinuXino-MICRO-4GB/open-source-hardware), >> as I am planning to buy it as an alternative to Cubieboard. If at >> present XEN support is not therefor OLinuXindo, do you see any issues >> in supporting it ? >> >> Thanks >> Anshul Makkar >> >> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Julien Grall wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > On 08/07/2014 10:44 AM, anshul makkar wrote: >> >> Thanks Leonardo and Stefano. >> >> >> >> The information you shared is really helpful to get me started and get >> >> basic understanding of where Xen stands in its support for ARM. >> >> >> >> Below is my understanding, request your help to correct me if I am wrong. >> >> >> >> 1) XEN support for the ARM processor where hardware virtualization is >> >> not supported is not there. >> >> >> >> 2) Presently XEN port has been tested on the following cards. >> >> >> >> * The Cortex A15 Real-time System Model's provided by ARM >> >> * A Cortex-A15 Processor running on the Versatile Express >> >> * The Arndale board >> >> * The Calxeda ECX-2000 (aka Midway) server >> >> * Allwinner A20/A31 boards >> > >> > Porting Xen to a new board it's only a matter of a hundred lines if your >> > platform support virtualization. >> > >> >> I have Odroid Cortex A9 board, which doesn't have hardware >> >> virtualization. So for sure XEN can't be ported on that. >> >> >> >> Any idea or test results for Cortex A15 board (ODroidXU3 ) provided by >> >> ODroid. Whether this board is supported or not ? >> > >> > There is some on-going work to upstream support for ODroid XU. >> > >> > You can give a look here: >> > >> > http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2014-07/msg03363.html >> > >> >> Please can you share some other board models that are cheap and >> >> supported by XEN ARM. What I have found on net is that all boards having >> >> Cortex A15 and hardware virtualization support, so that they are >> >> compatible with XEN, are quite expensive. >> > >> > The Cubietruck is supported by Xen. IIRC, the price is less 100$. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > -- >> > Julien Grall >> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks >> Anshul Makkar >> www.justkernel.com >> http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Just-Kernel-3033180 >> -- Thanks Anshul Makkar www.justkernel.com http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Just-Kernel-3033180