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From: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>
To: Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>,
	wei.liu2@citrix.com, ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com,
	peter.huangpeng@huawei.com, xen-devel@lists.xen.org,
	shannon.zhao@linaro.org, Shannon Zhao <zhaoshenglong@huawei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 05/14] libxl/arm: Construct ACPI GTDT table
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 10:48:36 +0100 (BST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.10.1606071042110.14126@sstabellini-ThinkPad-X260> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <57559825.3020700@arm.com>

On Mon, 6 Jun 2016, Julien Grall wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On 06/06/16 13:04, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > On Mon, 6 Jun 2016, Julien Grall wrote:
> > > On 06/06/16 12:40, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 31 May 2016, Shannon Zhao wrote:
> > > > > From: Shannon Zhao <shannon.zhao@linaro.org>
> > > > 
> > > > ACPI tables for ARM guests should be user configurable: acpi=1 in the VM
> > > > config file enables them, with default off.
> > > 
> > > The VM system specification for ARM [1] mandates that both ACPI and DT
> > > should
> > > be provided and described the entire VM and its peripheral (see the
> > > section
> > > "Hardware Description").
> > > 
> > > Furthermore, the user may not know if the guest OS will use ACPI or DT For
> > > instance Redhat is using ACPI whilst Debian is using DT.
> > > 
> > > So we have to provide both by default. However, 32-bit domain should only
> > > have
> > > Device-Tree table created.
> > > 
> > > Anyway, the reason should have been described in the commit message. I
> > > would
> > > split this patch in two: introducing prepare ACPI and then GTDT table. So
> > > we
> > > can provide details in the commit message.
> > 
> > All right, let me rephrase then: we should have a VMSPEC=on or off to
> > enable or disable compliance with the VM system specification for ARM.
> > (The good thing about specifications is that there are so many to choose
> > from.) With compliance disabled, we can avoid introducing ACPI tables
> > for the guest.
> > 
> > Given that "VMSPEC" is cumbersome, I suggest to introduce a simpler and
> > more meaningful alias: "ACPI" :-)
> 
> The VM specification introduces other components such as a SBSA UART emulation
> (which is not yet implemented by Xen).
> 
> Do we want an option for each components?

This is a good point. If one wants to avoid ACPI then she probably would
want to avoid SBSA UART emulation too. So maybe after all it might be
better to have a single

vm_system_spec=1/0

option? I am OK with both having multiple options or just one.

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Thread overview: 104+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-05-31  5:02 [PATCH RESEND 00/14] Xen ARM DomU ACPI support Shannon Zhao
2016-05-31  5:02 ` [PATCH RESEND 01/14] libxl/arm: Fix the function name in error log Shannon Zhao
2016-06-03 19:25   ` Wei Liu
2016-06-17 10:46     ` Wei Liu
2016-06-20  1:12       ` Shannon Zhao
2016-05-31  5:02 ` [PATCH RESEND 02/14] libxl/arm: Factor out codes for generating DTB Shannon Zhao
2016-06-03 19:25   ` Wei Liu
2016-05-31  5:02 ` [PATCH RESEND 03/14] libxc: Add placeholders for ACPI tables blob and size Shannon Zhao
2016-06-06 10:00   ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-06-06 12:16     ` Wei Liu
2016-06-06 14:20       ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-07 11:05   ` Julien Grall
2016-06-07 11:13     ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-07 11:27       ` Julien Grall
2016-06-07 11:35         ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-07 11:42           ` Julien Grall
2016-06-07 11:59             ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-07 12:06               ` Julien Grall
2016-06-07 12:32                 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-07 13:06                   ` Julien Grall
2016-06-16  6:53                     ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-16 10:21                       ` Julien Grall
2016-06-16 10:45                         ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-16 11:04                           ` Julien Grall
2016-06-16 10:49                   ` Wei Liu
2016-06-16 10:53                     ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-16 11:04                       ` Wei Liu
2016-06-07 12:02             ` Julien Grall
2016-06-07 12:27               ` Shannon Zhao
2016-05-31  5:02 ` [PATCH RESEND 04/14] tools: add ACPI tables relevant definitions Shannon Zhao
2016-06-06 10:04   ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-06-06 10:11     ` Julien Grall
2016-06-06 10:27       ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-06 12:16         ` Wei Liu
2016-06-06 14:19           ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-22  3:24           ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-22  8:35             ` Julien Grall
2016-06-22  8:50               ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-22  8:55                 ` Julien Grall
2016-06-22  9:38             ` [PATCH RESEND 04/14] tools: add ACPI tables relevant definitions (and more) Wei Liu
2016-06-22 10:06               ` Shannon Zhao
2016-05-31  5:02 ` [PATCH RESEND 05/14] libxl/arm: Construct ACPI GTDT table Shannon Zhao
2016-06-06 11:40   ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-06-06 11:52     ` Julien Grall
2016-06-06 12:04       ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-06-06 14:31         ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-06 14:50           ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-06-06 15:42             ` Julien Grall
2016-06-07  9:41               ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-06-06 15:35         ` Julien Grall
2016-06-07  9:48           ` Stefano Stabellini [this message]
2016-06-07 11:55             ` Wei Liu
2016-06-17  3:29     ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-17  8:17       ` Julien Grall
2016-06-17  9:15         ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-06-17 13:27           ` Julien Grall
2016-06-06 12:18   ` Wei Liu
2016-06-07 11:02     ` Julien Grall
2016-06-07 11:19   ` Julien Grall
2016-06-07 11:30     ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-07 11:36       ` Julien Grall
2016-06-07 11:39         ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-07 11:43           ` Julien Grall
2016-05-31  5:02 ` [PATCH RESEND 06/14] libxl/arm: Construct ACPI FADT table Shannon Zhao
2016-06-07 13:17   ` Julien Grall
2016-06-07 14:13     ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-07 14:14       ` Julien Grall
2016-05-31  5:02 ` [PATCH RESEND 07/14] libxl/arm: Construct ACPI DSDT table Shannon Zhao
2016-06-07 13:42   ` Julien Grall
2016-06-16  6:25     ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-16  9:44       ` Julien Grall
2016-06-16 10:01         ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-05-31  5:03 ` [PATCH RESEND 08/14] libxl/arm: Construct ACPI MADT table Shannon Zhao
2016-06-07 13:40   ` Julien Grall
2016-05-31  5:03 ` [PATCH RESEND 09/14] libxl/arm: Construct ACPI XSDT table Shannon Zhao
2016-05-31  5:03 ` [PATCH RESEND 10/14] libxl/arm: Construct ACPI RSDP table Shannon Zhao
2016-05-31  5:03 ` [PATCH RESEND 11/14] libxl/arm: Initialize domain param HVM_PARAM_CALLBACK_IRQ Shannon Zhao
2016-05-31  5:03 ` [PATCH RESEND 12/14] libxl/arm: Add ACPI module Shannon Zhao
2016-06-07 13:47   ` Julien Grall
2016-05-31  5:03 ` [PATCH RESEND 13/14] libxl/arm: initialize memory information of ACPI blob Shannon Zhao
2016-06-06 11:40   ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-06-06 14:35     ` Shannon Zhao
2016-05-31  5:03 ` [PATCH RESEND 14/14] libxc/xc_dom_core: Copy ACPI tables to guest memory space Shannon Zhao
2016-05-31 10:47 ` [PATCH RESEND 00/14] Xen ARM DomU ACPI support Julien Grall
2016-05-31 14:19   ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-03 19:24 ` Wei Liu
2016-06-03 20:02   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-06-03 20:20     ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-06-03 20:27       ` Wei Liu
2016-06-03 20:36         ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-06-06 11:41 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-06-06 12:26 ` Wei Liu
2016-06-06 15:37   ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-06-06 16:50     ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-06-07 10:54       ` Julien Grall
2016-06-07 14:24         ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-06-06 15:48   ` Julien Grall
2016-06-07  1:07     ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-07 11:00       ` Julien Grall
2016-06-16 11:20         ` Wei Liu
2016-06-16 13:25           ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-06-17 10:14             ` Wei Liu
2016-06-17  2:03           ` Shannon Zhao
2016-06-17  8:18           ` Julien Grall

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