From: Shannon Zhao <zhaoshenglong@huawei.com>
To: Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com>, Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>,
ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com, peter.huangpeng@huawei.com,
xen-devel@lists.xen.org, Shannon Zhao <shannon.zhao@linaro.org>,
boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/17] libxl/arm: Add a configuration option for ARM DomU ACPI
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 17:48:42 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <57860E7A.6070906@huawei.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16bf05d1-f569-d534-155c-410b20b33a72@arm.com>
On 2016/7/13 17:20, Julien Grall wrote:
> On 13/07/2016 08:54, Shannon Zhao wrote:
>> On 2016/7/12 19:33, Wei Liu wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 10:22:39AM +0100, Julien Grall wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>>>> Yeah, we can deprecate that field. But we need to take care to not
>>>>>> break
>>>>>> users of the old field.
>>>>> Ok, what name would you suggest?
>>>>
>>>> I would suggest b_info->u.acpi
>>>>
>>>
>>> b_info->acpi would be more appropriate.
>>>
>>> diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl b/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl
>>> index ef614be..a57823d 100644
>>> --- a/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl
>>> +++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl
>>> @@ -494,11 +494,16 @@ libxl_domain_build_info =
>>> Struct("domain_build_info",[
>>> # Note that the partial device tree should avoid to use the phandle
>>> # 65000 which is reserved by the toolstack.
>>> ("device_tree", string),
>>> + ("acpi", libxl_defbool),
>>> ("u", KeyedUnion(None, libxl_domain_type, "type",
>>> [("hvm", Struct(None, [("firmware", string),
>>> ("bios",
>>> libxl_bios_type),
>>> ("pae",
>>> libxl_defbool),
>>> ("apic",
>>> libxl_defbool),
>>> + # The following acpi field is
>>> + # deprecated. Please use the
>>> unified
>>> + # acpi field above which
>>> works for both
>>> + # x86 and ARM.
>>> ("acpi",
>>> libxl_defbool),
>>> ("acpi_s3",
>>> libxl_defbool),
>>> ("acpi_s4",
>>> libxl_defbool),
>>>
>>>
>>> And then:
>>>
>>> 1. modify xl to set the new field.
>>> 2. modify libxl to handle compatibility: user of the old field should
>>> continue to work.
>>>
>> I found that the default value of acpi is true on x86. But we decided
>> before it's should be false by default on ARM. How to deal with this?
>> Julien, Stefano, can we make acpi true by default?
>
> I already said that I am not in favor of making ACPI true by default at
> least for ARM 32-bit guest.
>
> ARM 32-bit guest will not use ACPI, if we decide to enable it by
> default, we will require the user to install iasl for nothing.
>
> IHMO, ACPI should be disabled by default for any ARM guests. Libxl can
> take this decision easily.
I know but here we want to unify the acpi option for x86 and ARM while
on x86 it's true by default. What I want to ask is that how to
distinguish x86 and ARM in libxl__domain_build_info_setdefault(), so we
can assign acpi with different default value for x86 and ARM.
Thanks,
--
Shannon
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Thread overview: 130+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-23 3:16 [PATCH v2 00/17] Xen ARM DomU ACPI support Shannon Zhao
2016-06-23 3:16 ` [PATCH v2 01/17] libxl/arm: Factor out codes for generating DTB Shannon Zhao
2016-06-23 3:16 ` [PATCH v2 02/17] libxc: Add placeholders for ACPI tables blob and size Shannon Zhao
2016-06-23 3:16 ` [PATCH v2 03/17] libxl/arm: Add a configuration option for ARM DomU ACPI Shannon Zhao
2016-06-23 13:39 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-06-23 14:34 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-27 10:40 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-07 15:30 ` Wei Liu
2016-07-12 3:40 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-07-12 9:22 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-12 11:33 ` Wei Liu
2016-07-12 14:17 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-07-12 14:33 ` Wei Liu
2016-07-12 14:45 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-07-13 7:54 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-07-13 9:20 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-13 9:48 ` Shannon Zhao [this message]
2016-07-13 10:03 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-15 8:00 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-07-15 8:07 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-07-18 19:40 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-07-19 10:40 ` Wei Liu
2016-07-19 10:44 ` Ian Jackson
2016-06-23 15:53 ` Julien Grall
2016-06-23 3:16 ` [PATCH v2 04/17] libxl/arm: prepare for constructing ACPI tables Shannon Zhao
2016-06-23 13:37 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-06-23 14:23 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-23 14:27 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-06-23 16:18 ` Julien Grall
2016-06-23 3:16 ` [PATCH v2 05/17] libxl/arm: Construct ACPI RSDP table Shannon Zhao
2016-06-23 3:16 ` [PATCH v2 06/17] libxl/arm: Construct ACPI XSDT table Shannon Zhao
2016-06-23 3:16 ` [PATCH v2 07/17] libxl/arm: Construct ACPI GTDT table Shannon Zhao
2016-06-23 15:00 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-06-23 16:19 ` Julien Grall
2016-06-23 16:26 ` Julien Grall
2016-06-23 16:58 ` Julien Grall
2016-06-27 1:44 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-27 10:17 ` Julien Grall
2016-06-29 9:29 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-29 9:42 ` Julien Grall
2016-06-29 13:41 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-07-05 16:42 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-07-06 9:50 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-06 10:16 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-06-23 3:16 ` [PATCH v2 08/17] libxl/arm: Factor MPIDR computing codes out as a helper Shannon Zhao
2016-06-23 16:29 ` Julien Grall
2016-06-23 3:16 ` [PATCH v2 09/17] libxl/arm: Construct ACPI MADT table Shannon Zhao
2016-06-23 16:36 ` Julien Grall
2016-06-23 3:16 ` [PATCH v2 10/17] libxl/arm: Construct ACPI FADT table Shannon Zhao
2016-06-23 3:16 ` [PATCH v2 11/17] libxl/arm: Construct ACPI DSDT table Shannon Zhao
2016-06-23 14:50 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-06-23 16:42 ` Julien Grall
2016-06-27 1:50 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-23 17:03 ` Julien Grall
2016-06-27 6:01 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-27 10:29 ` Julien Grall
2016-06-27 12:05 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-06-28 11:03 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-28 13:41 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-06-29 18:58 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-07-01 7:58 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-07-01 10:18 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-01 14:42 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-07-01 15:14 ` Julien Grall
2016-06-23 3:16 ` [PATCH v2 12/17] libxl/arm: Add a helper to calculate the ACPI table checksum Shannon Zhao
2016-06-23 17:05 ` Julien Grall
2016-06-23 3:17 ` [PATCH v2 13/17] libxl/arm: Link all ACPI tables into one buffer Shannon Zhao
2016-06-23 17:10 ` Julien Grall
2016-06-23 3:17 ` [PATCH v2 14/17] libxl/arm: Factor finalise_one_memory_node as a gerneric function Shannon Zhao
2016-06-23 3:17 ` [PATCH v2 15/17] libxl/arm: Add ACPI module Shannon Zhao
2016-06-23 18:35 ` Julien Grall
2016-06-25 3:22 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-27 9:48 ` Julien Grall
2016-06-23 3:17 ` [PATCH v2 16/17] libxc/xc_dom_arm: Copy ACPI tables to guest space Shannon Zhao
2016-06-23 18:46 ` Julien Grall
2016-06-27 6:25 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-27 10:49 ` Julien Grall
2016-06-27 12:11 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-07-05 17:13 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-07-06 9:46 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-06 10:12 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-07-12 3:47 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-07-12 9:25 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-12 11:35 ` Wei Liu
2016-07-12 14:42 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-07-12 14:50 ` Wei Liu
2016-07-12 14:57 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-07-12 15:08 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-07-12 15:13 ` Wei Liu
2016-07-12 15:21 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-07-12 16:05 ` Wei Liu
2016-07-12 16:10 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-12 16:58 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-07-13 15:22 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-13 17:08 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-07-14 11:15 ` Wei Liu
2016-07-15 9:39 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-07-19 10:38 ` Wei Liu
2016-07-20 6:52 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-07-20 9:32 ` Wei Liu
2016-07-25 7:56 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-07-28 11:10 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-14 11:29 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-14 13:37 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-07-20 12:33 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-20 13:33 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-07-20 13:41 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-20 14:09 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-07-20 17:28 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-07-20 19:51 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-07-21 17:53 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-07-21 18:23 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-21 18:54 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-07-21 19:14 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-21 21:15 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-07-25 8:38 ` George Dunlap
2016-07-25 9:46 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-25 22:06 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-07-25 22:46 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-07-25 23:40 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-07-26 1:17 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-07-28 11:06 ` Julien Grall
2016-07-28 12:42 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-08-02 11:01 ` Wei Liu
2016-08-03 19:20 ` Julien Grall
2016-08-04 10:17 ` Wei Liu
2016-08-02 11:01 ` Wei Liu
2016-07-07 15:35 ` Wei Liu
2016-06-23 3:17 ` [PATCH v2 17/17] libxl/arm: Initialize domain param HVM_PARAM_CALLBACK_IRQ Shannon Zhao
2016-06-23 18:48 ` Julien Grall
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