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* [PATCH RFC v1 00/13] Introduce HMV without dm and new boot ABI
@ 2015-06-22 16:11 Roger Pau Monne
  2015-06-22 16:11 ` [PATCH RFC v1 01/13] libxc: split x86 HVM setup_guest into smaller logical functions Roger Pau Monne
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  0 siblings, 14 replies; 43+ messages in thread
From: Roger Pau Monne @ 2015-06-22 16:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: xen-devel

Before reading any further, keep in mind this is a VERY inital RFC 
prototype series. Many things are not finished, and those that are done 
make heavy use of duck tape in order to keep things into place.

Now that you are warned, this series is split in the following order:

 - Patches from 1 to 7 switch HVM domain contruction to use the xc_dom_* 
   family of functions, like they are used to build PV domains. 
 - Patches from 8 to 13 introduce the creation of HVM domains without 
   firmware, which is replaced by directly loading a kernel like it's done 
   for PV guests. A new boot ABI based on the discussion in the thread "RFC: 
   making the PVH 64bit ABI as stable" is also introduced, although it's not 
   finished.

Some things that are missing from the new boot ABI:

 - Although it supports loading a ramdisk, there's still now defined way 
   into how to pass this ramdisk to the guest. I'm thinking of using a 
   HVMPARAM or simply setting a GP register to contain the address of the 
   ramdisk. Ideally I would like to support loading more than one ramdisk.

Some patches contain comments after the SoB, which in general describe the 
shortcommings of the implementation. The aim of those is to initiate 
discussion about whether the aproach taken is TRTTD.

I've only tested this on Intel hw, but I see no reason why it shouldn't work 
on AMD. I've managed to boot FreeBSD up to the point were it should 
jump into user-space (I just didn't have a VBD attached to the VM so it just 
sits waiting for a valid disk). I have not tried to boot it any further 
since I think that's fine for the purpose of this series. 

The series can also be found in the following git repo:

git://xenbits.xen.org/people/royger/xen.git branch hvm_without_dm_v1

And for the FreeBSD part:

git://xenbits.xen.org/people/royger/freebsd.git branch new_entry_point_v1

In case someone wants to give it a try, I've uploaded a FreeBSD kernel that 
should work when booted into this mode:

https://people.freebsd.org/~royger/kernel_no_dm

The config file that I've used is:

<config>
kernel="/path/to/kernel_no_dm"

builder="hvm"
device_model_version="none"

memory=128
vcpus=1
name = "freebsd"
</config>

Thanks, Roger.

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2015-06-22 16:11 [PATCH RFC v1 00/13] Introduce HMV without dm and new boot ABI Roger Pau Monne
2015-06-22 16:11 ` [PATCH RFC v1 01/13] libxc: split x86 HVM setup_guest into smaller logical functions Roger Pau Monne
2015-06-22 16:11 ` [PATCH RFC v1 02/13] libxc: unify xc_dom_p2m_{host/guest} Roger Pau Monne
2015-06-22 16:11 ` [PATCH RFC v1 03/13] libxc: introduce the notion of a container type Roger Pau Monne
2015-06-22 16:11 ` [PATCH RFC v1 04/13] libxc: allow arch_setup_meminit to populate HVM domain memory Roger Pau Monne
2015-06-25 10:29   ` Wei Liu
2015-06-25 10:33     ` Wei Liu
2015-06-22 16:11 ` [PATCH RFC v1 05/13] libxc: introduce a domain loader for HVM guest firmware Roger Pau Monne
2015-06-23  9:29   ` Jan Beulich
2015-06-23  9:36     ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-10 19:09   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2015-06-22 16:11 ` [PATCH RFC v1 06/13] libxc: introduce a xc_dom_arch for hvm-3.0-x86_32 guests Roger Pau Monne
2015-06-22 16:11 ` [PATCH RFC v1 07/13] libxl: switch HVM domain building to use xc_dom_* helpers Roger Pau Monne
2015-06-22 16:11 ` [PATCH RFC v1 08/13] libxc: remove dead x86 HVM code Roger Pau Monne
2015-06-22 16:11 ` [PATCH RFC v1 09/13] elfnotes: intorduce a new PHYS_ENTRY elfnote Roger Pau Monne
2015-06-23  9:35   ` Jan Beulich
2015-06-23  9:40     ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-06-23 10:01       ` Jan Beulich
2015-06-22 16:11 ` [PATCH RFC v1 10/13] lib{xc/xl}: allow the creation of HVM domains with a kernel Roger Pau Monne
2015-06-25 10:39   ` Wei Liu
2015-06-22 16:11 ` [PATCH RFC v1 11/13] xen/libxl: allow creating HVM guests without a device model Roger Pau Monne
2015-06-23  9:41   ` Jan Beulich
2015-06-22 16:11 ` [PATCH RFC v1 12/13] xen: allow 64bit HVM guests to use XENMEM_memory_map Roger Pau Monne
2015-06-23  9:43   ` Jan Beulich
2015-06-22 16:11 ` [PATCH RFC v1 13/13] xenconsole: try to attach to PV console if HVM fails Roger Pau Monne
2015-06-22 17:55 ` [PATCH RFC v1 00/13] Introduce HMV without dm and new boot ABI Stefano Stabellini
2015-06-22 18:05   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2015-06-23  8:14     ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-06-23 10:55     ` Stefano Stabellini
2015-06-23 12:50       ` Ian Campbell
2015-06-23 13:12         ` Stefano Stabellini
2015-06-24  2:45           ` Boris Ostrovsky
2015-06-24  9:47       ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-06-24 10:05         ` Jan Beulich
2015-06-24 10:14           ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-06-24 11:52             ` Boris Ostrovsky
2015-06-24 12:04               ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-06-24 13:36                 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2015-07-03 16:22               ` Tim Deegan
2015-06-24 13:26         ` Stefano Stabellini
2015-06-24 16:30           ` Boris Ostrovsky
2015-06-24 17:54             ` Stefano Stabellini
2015-06-23  7:14   ` Roger Pau Monné

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